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Really Old, Like Forty Five

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 3m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)

There are just too many old people. As a government research body seeks to deal with the problems of a maturing population, a family addresses its own. Lyn's memory starts to go, Alice takes a fall and even Robbie has to face the signs of ageing. …

Really Old, Like Forty Five

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    5w, 3m, 1girl(s), 1boy(s)

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There are just too many old people. As a government research body seeks to deal with the problems of a maturing population, a family addresses its own. Lyn's memory starts to go, Alice takes a fall and even Robbie has to face the signs of ageing. Relations are put to the test across three generations, as are those who enter the increasingly sinister world of state care.
Tamsin Oglesby's furious comedy confronts head-on our embarrassment and fear about old age. It exposes a society in which compassion vies with pragmatism and, by asking unequivocal questions, it comes up with some extraordinary answers.

Lyn.
Alice, her younger sister.
Robbie, their older brother.
Cathy, Lyn's daughter.
Millie, 16, Lyn's adopted granddaughter.
Dylan, 13, Alice's grandson.
Monroe, government policy official.
Amanda, researcher.

  • Time Period Contemporary

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