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Close the Coalhouse Door
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 7m
Alan Plater
Close the Coalhouse Door
by Alan Plater
From the stories by Sid Chaplin
Songs by Alex Glasgow
A golden wedding party of an old pitman and his wife forms a springboard into reminiscence and reflection about the past. The historical material falls into a three-act pattern: nineteenth-century oppression as the Beginning, between-the-wars chaos a…
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Cast Size
1w, 7m -
Subgenre
Period, Docudrama/History
Details
Summary
A golden wedding party of an old pitman and his wife forms a springboard into reminiscence and reflection about the past. The historical material falls into a three-act pattern: nineteenth-century oppression as the Beginning, between-the-wars chaos as the Middle with post-Nationalization non-Utopia the ambivalent End. Originally written for the Newcastle Playhouse, the play is an outstanding documentary musical. This new edition contains the version memorably presented at Newcastle's Live Theatre in 1994. The music is contained in the script.
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Various simple settings
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Play with Music
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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