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The Good Hope

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w, 13m

Herman Heijermans, Lee Hall

The Good Hope
by Herman Heijermans, in a new version by Lee Hall
Lyrics by John Tams

The voyage of the Good Hope is a journey on which the life of an entire community depen's. A storm rages, the women and children wait ashore, an unseaworthy boat forced to put to sea follows the Greenland catch ... This Dutch classic of social realis…

The Good Hope

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 13m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
The voyage of the Good Hope is a journey on which the life of an entire community depen's. A storm rages, the women and children wait ashore, an unseaworthy boat forced to put to sea follows the Greenland catch ... This Dutch classic of social realist theatre has been relocated to the Yorkshire fishing community of Whitby in 1900. The choice of music is left to the director.
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  • Time Period 1900-1910
  • Setting A quay, a courtyard
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Herman Heijermans

Lee Hall

Lee Hall

Lee Hall was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1966 and studied English Literature at Cambridge University. He has worked as a writer in theatre, TV, radio and film. He has been writer in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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