A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE
Getting On
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 4m, 2 any gender (youth)
A British Labour M.P., ten years into his second marriage, feels tethered in a time of change.
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Cast Size
3w, 4m, 2 any gender (youth) -
Suggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
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Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
A British Labour M.P., ten years into his second marriage, feels tethered in a time of change. He is distrustful on the one hand of the "mawkish mentality" of the young and, on the other, of the encroaching motorway life of the middle aged who can look forward to nothing more than the fairly imminent end of a not so very interesting road.
"The play is a small jewel of bewilderment and regret." - London Sunday Times
- Time Period 1970s
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett was born in Leeds in 1934. After studying at Oxford University he collaborated as a writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in Beyond the Fringe in 1960 at the Edinburgh Festival. He then turned to writing full time and produced h ...