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Quartermaine's Terms

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 5m

Simon Gray

A play that is at once full of doom and gloom and bristling with wry, even uproarious comedy. The mixture is so artfully balanced that we really don't know where the laughter ends and the tears begin.

Quartermaine's Terms

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 5m
Accolades
Accolades

  • Winner! Cheltenham Prize for Literature, 1982

Details

Summary

Never has the celebrated author of Butley and Otherwise Engaged been more amusing and more touching than in this thoroughly delightful portrait of a mediocre but lovable English schoolteacher named St. John Quartermaine and his fellow faculty at a small school in Cambridge which teaches English to foreigners.

  • Time Period 1960s
  • Setting

    A staffroom

  • Features Period Costumes

Media

"Thoroughly crafted, sharp-witted piece of drama." - Guardian
"... a refreshingly sensitive, observant piece ..." - New Statesman

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Authors

Simon Gray

Simon Gray
Simon Gray was born on October 21, 1936, in Hayling Island, England. He attended many schools, such as Westminster School, Dalhousie University, Trinity College, and Cambridge. Gray’s plays include BUTLEY, CLOSE OF PLAY, QUARTERMAINE'S TERMS, and THE COMMON PURSUIT. CLOSE OF ...
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