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Washboard Blues
Full-Length Play, Drama / 10f, 4m, 3girl(s), 1boy(s)
Do Shaw
Washboard Blues
by Do Shaw
In a municipal wash-house, a group of friends meet and talk their way through the weekly laundry. Lily is searching for stardom as a clubland singer, but Lonnie Donegan and Elvis are waiting in the wings - is the music world moving on too quickly? This wo
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Cast Size
10f, 4m, 3girl(s), 1boy(s) -
Subgenre
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Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
Set in the 1950s in a municipal washhouse and a local Working Men's Club. A group of friends meet and talk their way through the weekly laundry, but one of them still dreams of becoming a famous clubland singer. Ideal for community theatre groups, it has a large cast, music and dancing. Features songs of the period which can be performed by talented actors rather than trained singers. Thirteen speaking parts for women and five for men. There can be as many non-speaking but all-singing people in the washhouse as are willing to get involved.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period 1950s
- Setting Simple, flexible interior settings
- Features Period Costumes
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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