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If You're Glad I'll Be Frank

Short Play, Drama  /  5w, 7m

If You're Glad I'll Be Frank
by Tom Stoppard

Frank recognizes the voice of the GPO speaking clock as that of his long-lost wife. Determined to get her back, he forces his way into the inner sanctum of the Authorities to demand her release.

If You're Glad I'll Be Frank

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    5w, 7m

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Summary
Frank recognizes the voice of the GPO speaking clock as that of his long-lost wife. Determined to get her back, he forces his way into the inner sanctum of the Authorities to demand her release. Underlying the light-hearted story is a satiric comment on man's servitude to the clock.
M7 (middle-age) F5 (young, middle-age)
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting An open stage

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, The Hard Problem, opened at the National Theatre in 2015. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist in Bristol. His plays include Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, ...

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