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Collaborators (Mortimer)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2f, 2m
John Mortimer
Collaborators is a comedy about marriage set in a dingy, infested flat in Belsize Park in the late 1950s. Henry Winter, a struggling young barrister, is also struggling to cultivate his writing career. At the invitation of Sam Brown, an American film producer of somewhat hazy credentials, he starts work on a film strip about marriage.
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Cast Size
2f, 2m -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Collaborators is a comedy about marriage set in a dingy, infested flat in Belsize Park in the late 1950s. Henry Winter, a struggling young barrister, is also struggling to cultivate his writing career. At the invitation of Sam Brown, an American film producer of somewhat hazy credentials, he starts work on a film strip about marriage. His own tempestuous marriage invades the project and Sam becomes increasingly baffled by the attitude of Henry's wife, Katherine, whom he sums up early as a "ball cutter' and indeed of Henry himself. John Mortimer's play is a witty evocation of the period and of the private games of war and peace that epitomize certain periods in a marriage.
Keywords
- Time Period 1950s
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.