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The English Game
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 13m
The English Game
by Richard Bean
"The English Game is a blinder that knocked me for six. Catch it!" - Charles Spencer, Telegraph
"I've wasted the whole of my life playing this game. It's claimed my knees and it occupies every spare synapse in my brain. I'm not even sur…
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Cast Size
13m -
Target Audience
Appropriate for All Audiences
Details
Summary
"I've wasted the whole of my life playing this game. It's claimed my knees and it occupies every spare synapse in my brain. I'm not even sure I like it anymore ..." The Nightwatchmen: an amateur London cricket team, making up in enthusiasm for what they lack in ability. As they gather on a sunny Sunday to face Bernard and his ethnically diverse and highly talented squad, Will, Thiz, Clive and their team-mates spend the day smoking, drinking tea and discussing love, politics and the correct interpretation of the LBW law.
Cast Attributes
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting A cricket pitch
- Cautions
- No Special Cautions
Media
"The English Game is a blinder that knocked me for six. Catch it!" - Charles Spencer, Telegraph
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Richard Bean
Richard Bean was born in Hull in 1956. After school, he worked in a bread plant before leaving to study Social Psychology at Loughborough University.
Richard has worked as a psychologist and a stand-up comedian.
His work for the stage includes:
Young Marx (which has just ...
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