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A Small Family Business
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 6f, 7m
A Small Family Business
by Alan Ayckbourn
Jack McCraken is the new head of a family furniture business and believes he will initiate a new age of honesty and integrity. He quickly learns that everyone else involved in the enterprise has a vested interest in maintaining business as usual, rife with dishonesty and deceit.
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Cast Size
6f, 7m -
Subgenre
Farce
Details
Summary
England's master of satire is in top form in this comic morality play which was triumphantly presented by the National Theatre of Great Britain. Jack McCraken has the opportunity of a lifetime: he is the new head of a family furniture business and believes he will initiate a new age of honesty and integrity. He quickly learns that everyone else involved in the enterprise has a vested interest in maintaining business as usual, rife with dishonesty and deceit.
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Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Composite setting
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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