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The "home" of David Storey's title might be a country guest hose or a secluded hotel in Cheltenham. It is a long time before the author lets us discover that Jack and Harry, two gentlemen of exquisite manners who while away the morning in the walled grounds, are in fact inmates of a mental home. | The "home" of David Storey's title might be a country guest hose or a secluded hotel in Cheltenham. It is a long time before the author lets us discover that Jack and Harry, two gentlemen of exquisite manners who while away the morning in the walled grounds, are in fact inmates of a mental home. | ||
| − | Later on we meet two coarse-grained ladies and a brain-damaged ex-wrestler, and piece together, mainly by hint and allusion, the story of their afflictions. | + | Later on we meet two coarse-grained ladies and a brain-damaged ex-wrestler, and piece together, mainly by hint and allusion, the story of their afflictions. Who would guess, for example that Jack has a history of molesting small girls? |
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| + | The play, consisting of mainly fragmented sentences and broken rhythms, is deliberately undramatic.., even anti-dramatic. The S.L.T.C. Newsletter rather oversells it as "one of the finest plays written during the last few decades", but it is undeniably written with great sensibility, and gives wonderul opportunities to both cast and producer. | ||
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Revision as of 12:24, 7 January 2009
by David Storey
Produced by John Harris
Performances: Dates not in archive book November 1973, Theatre
Contents
Introduction
Text about the play
Cast
- Harry - John Lyne
- Jack - Raymond Nelson
- Marjorie - Lilian Frith
- Kathleen - Pam Lyne
- Alfred - Chris Smith
Crew
- Stage Manager - Ann Mattey
- Assistant Stage Manager - Sara Saunders
- Lighting - Tony Rapson
- Set Design & Construction - John Harris
- Wardrobe - Hilda Coulden
- Front of House & Box Office - Frank Howcutt
Reviews
"Troubled Minds"
The "home" of David Storey's title might be a country guest hose or a secluded hotel in Cheltenham. It is a long time before the author lets us discover that Jack and Harry, two gentlemen of exquisite manners who while away the morning in the walled grounds, are in fact inmates of a mental home.
Later on we meet two coarse-grained ladies and a brain-damaged ex-wrestler, and piece together, mainly by hint and allusion, the story of their afflictions. Who would guess, for example that Jack has a history of molesting small girls?
The play, consisting of mainly fragmented sentences and broken rhythms, is deliberately undramatic.., even anti-dramatic. The S.L.T.C. Newsletter rather oversells it as "one of the finest plays written during the last few decades", but it is undeniably written with great sensibility, and gives wonderul opportunities to both cast and producer.
Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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See Also
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References
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