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Entertaining Strangers

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m, 55any gender (adult)

David Edgar

Entertaining Strangers
by David Edgar

Sarah Eldridge, a beer-brewing tradeswoman, embodies the free-thinking, bustling spirit of a community beginning to reap the rewards of the …

Entertaining Strangers

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m, 55any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Sarah Eldridge, a beer-brewing tradeswoman, embodies the free-thinking, bustling spirit of a community beginning to reap the rewards of the Industrial Revolution. The rise to commercial eminence runs parallel to the'story of Reverend Henry Moule, a hardline fundamentalist, who believes brewing to be a sinful trade. During the Dorchester chorlera epidemic moule, spiritually intolerant, proves socially altruistic, while self-interest keeps Sarah away from helping the infectious sick.
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  • Time Period 19th Century
  • Setting Various simple interior and exterior settings
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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David Edgar

David Edgar
David Edgar was born in Birmingham on 26 February 1948. He was educated at Oundle School and read Drama at Manchester University. After a short career in journalism, he took up writing full-time in 1972. His plays include The National Interest (1971), Excuses Excuses (1972), ...
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