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A Collier's Tuesday Tea

Short Play, Comedy  /  3w, 9m

Michael Green

A Collier's Tuesday Tea
by Michael Green

Contained in the volume Four Plays for Coarse Actors in which the plays are presented as parodies of four dramatic styles.

A Collier's Tuesday Tea

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 9m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Mystery/Thriller, Period, Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Contained in the volume Four Plays for Coarse Actors in which the plays are presented as parodies of four dramatic styles, in the performance of which everything which can go wrong in a production does so. A Collier's Tuesday Tea combin's the kitchen'sink with the coal-mine, and with an irreverent glance at D.H. Lawrence.
History
First produced at the Questors Theatre, Ealing, London, in 1975. 
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Performing Groups

IDA HEPPLETHWAITE - Matriarch of the Hepplethwaite Clan
DANIEL OBADIAH HEPPLETHWAITE - Her spouse
VICTORIA HEPPLETHWAITE - Their daughter
ALBERT HEPPLETHWAITE - Their son
JOE CLEGGHORN - Grandfather
MARGERY HACKFORTH - A neighbor
LIONEL HEADBRACKET - Victoria's sweetheart
P.C. CLEMENT BOOTHROYD - A policeman
JED THROTTLE - A relation of the Hepplethwaite family

  • Time Period 1910s / WWI
  • Setting The sparse but cosy cottage of the Hepplethwaite family in Slagton, a mining village. 
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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