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Road

Full-Length Play, Drama

Jim Cartwright

"Uncomfortable and magical...funny and bitter. It is a northern Under Milk Wood, high on pills and booze." - The London Sunday Times

Road

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  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary
Under the guidance of the rum-soaked wideboy Scullery, we are taken on an evening's tour of a scruffy, depressed road in a small Lancashire town. Moving from street corner to living room, from bedroom to kitchen, we meet the inhabitants of young, middle-aged, and old, glimpsing their socially and emotionally wretched lives, in this sharp, sad, funny, and angry play.
Performing Groups
  • Setting A road in a small Lancashire town
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

"The climax comes when two flash lads have picked up two girls...This sequence is simply one of the most unlikely, audacious and, in the event, riveting scenes to be found currently in the theatre." - London Financial Times

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Jim Cartwright

Jim Cartwright

Jim Cartwright lives in Lancashire, where he was born. Road, his first play, opened at the Royal Court Theatre in 1986, was revived again at the Royal Court that same year, and again in 1987, before being taken on a nationwide tour. It won the Samuel Beckett Award, Drama ...
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