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The Jollies

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m, 2girl(s), 1boy(s), 6any gender (adult)

Alan Ayckbourn

The Jollies
by Alan Ayckbourn

"I mean, what do you do when you suddenly find you've got a mother who's younger than you are? And a kid brother who turns out to be twenty years older than you? Right. You panic." Yes, eleven-year-old Polly has quite a problem. Now the police are af…

The Jollies

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m, 2girl(s), 1boy(s), 6any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Theatre for Young Audiences
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
"I mean, what do you do when you suddenly find you've got a mother who's younger than you are? And a kid brother who turns out to be twenty years older than you? Right. You panic." Yes, eleven-year-old Polly has quite a problem. Now the police are after her as well. Not to mention the'social Services. And a very, very big dog ... Heeeeellllp!
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.

However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...

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