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Brassed Off

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 7m

Paul Allen, Mark Herman

Brassed Off
by Paul Allen
from the screenplay by Mark Herman

Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more
money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments.

Brassed Off

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 7m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptation (Stage & Screen)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary
Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments. It means 1200 job losses, a dying town and the loss of its brass band. But under the leadership of Danny, coughing with coal-dusted lungs, the band is somehow transformed into British champions with local lass Gloria whipping up the money needed to get them to the Albert Hall.
Keywords
  • Time Period 1980s
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Authors

Paul Allen

Paul Allen
Paul Allen trained as a journalist in Sheffield where he still lives. In addition to Brassed Off, his plays for the Crucible Theatre include Herod the Great, Jokers 1, 2 and 3 (with Rony Robinson) and Breaking and Entering. Other plays have been premiered in York, Derby, Birm ...
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Mark Herman

Mark Herman
Mark Herman was born in Bridlington in Yorkshire in 1954. He studied at art college in Hull before first becoming involved in film while studying Graphic Design in Leeds, going on to the National Film School as an animator. The story goes that he was a contemporary of Wallace ...
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