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The Bullet

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Joe Penhall

Two lovers, Robbie and Carla, return from sun-kissed life in the Far East to a suburban London family in crisis.

The Bullet

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    Cast Size
    2w, 3m

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Summary

Two lovers, Robbie and Carla, return from sun-kissed life in the Far East to a suburban London family in crisis. In a wry exploration of personal politics and family values, Penhall exposes the shifting loyalties and power struggles that startlingly follow.

The play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in 1998, directed by Dominic Cooke. Contained in the volume Joe Penhall Plays 1.

History
The Bullet premiered at the Donmar Warehouse in 1998, directed by Dominic Cooke.
Cast Attributes

Charles, fifties
Billie, around fifty
Robbie, late twenties
Mike, same
Carla, mid twenties

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A living room

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Joe Penhall

Joe Penhall
Joe Penhall lives in London. His first play, WILD TURKEY, was performed at the Old Red Lion as part of the 1993 London New Play Festival. SOME VOICES (1994, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) won him a Thames Television Bursary and the John Whiting Award in 1995 and was short-list ...
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