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Lark Rise

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  7w, 12m

Keith Dewhurst, Flora Thompson

Lark Rise
by Keith Dewhurst, from the book by Flora Thompson

A literary sampler of English village life in late Victorian Oxfordshire, Lark Rise re-enacts the first day of harvest. The play is written to be peformed as a promenade production with no distinction between stage and auditorium. The interest lies i…

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 12m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences

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Summary
A literary sampler of English village life in late Victorian Oxfordshire, Lark Rise re-enacts the first day of harvest. The play is written to be peformed as a promenade production with no distinction between stage and auditorium. The interest lies in the lively picture of typical country life of the period, with music and songs, with a brief flash forward to the 1914-18 war. Music is available separately on hire. Contained in a volume with Candleford.
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Performing Groups

Laura: 10
Edmund: 8
Emma Timms
Albert Timms 
Bill Miller
Dick Tuffrey
Tom Gaskin
Old Price
Old David
Mr Morris: baliff
Fisher: youth
Stut
Mrs Spicer
Mrs Blaby
Mrs Peverill
Mrs Miller
Old Sally: 80
Dick: her husband
Old Postie
Mr Sharman
Doctor
Carrier
Emma's Grandfather
Queenie Macey
Twister: gamekeeper
Jerry Parish
Martha Beamish: 12
Mrs Beamish 
Squire Bracewell
John Price
Mrs Andrews
Garibaldi Jacket
Cheapjack
Tramp
Polly
Landlord
Algy
Mr Pridham: band singer
Rector
Sam 
Cockie
Chad Gubbins

  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting An open stage
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
  • Optional Music/Media Fee: £37 per performance

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Authors

Author

Keith Dewhurst

Author

Flora Thompson

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