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Up and Running

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 3m

Derek Benfield

Up and Running
by Derek Benfield

Veteran TV talk-show host Patrick Sumner is desperate to impress his new producer Reg Godfrey, who visits Patrick's smart London flat for drinks. But Patrick reckons without the intervention of Jenny, a pretty girl who arrives on the same evening as …

Up and Running

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Veteran TV talk-show host Patrick Sumner is desperate to impress his new producer Reg Godfrey, who visits Patrick's smart London flat for drinks. But Patrick reckons without the intervention of Jenny, a pretty girl who arrives on the same evening as Reg, intent upon infiltrating Patrick's private life and even passing herself off as his wife. When Patrick's real wife returns unexpectedly from a Paris trip, Patrick is forced into a spiralling series of lies and subterfuge.
M3 (20s, 50s) F3 (20s, 40s).
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A living-room.
  • Cautions
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Derek Benfield

Derek Benfield
Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor. He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. As a playwright, Benfield wrote more than 30 stage plays. Benfield had made his acting debut, in Yorks ...
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