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London Wall

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  5w, 4m

John Van Druten

London Wall is a wryly comic look at the life of women office workers in the 1930s.

London Wall

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/Historic, Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

In a solicitor's office in the City, Brewer, the office manager, sees pretty new 19-year-old typist Pat as fair game. As some of the more experienced secretaries try to warn her, and others leave her to her fate, her steady boyfriend - an idealistic young writer- desperately tries to win her back.

Meanwhile cynical Miss Janus' romantic life seems to be over as she is jilted by her lover at the desperate age of 35....

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Performing Groups
PAT MILLIGAN
MISS BUFTON
MISS HOOPER
MISS WILLESDEN
MISS JANUS
HEC HAMMOND
MR. BREWER
BIRKINSHAW
MR. WALKER
  • Time Period 1930s
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

"[London Wall] has pertinent things to say about the exploitation of women, and is as rivetingly entertaining as you'd expect from the man who went on to write I Am a Camera." - The Guardian

"A heartfelt, romantic drama" - Time Out London

"It might be very sentimental and the values all come from another age but London Wall will undoubtedly have audiences rolling with laughter and shedding the odd tear too." - British Theatre Guide

Music

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

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Authors

John Van Druten

John Van Druten
John William Van Druten (June 1, 1901 – December 19, 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observations of contemporary life and ...
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