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The Good Companions

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 7m

J.B. Priestley, Edward Knoblock

The Good Companions focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party between the World Wars.

The Good Companions

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 7m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
The Good Companions focuses on the trials and tribulations of a concert party between the World Wars.  It was arguably Priestley's most famous novel, written in 1929, and the work which established him as a national figure.  This 1931 stage adaptation was dramatized jointly by Edward Knoblock and the author in 1931.
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  • Time Period 1930s, 1920s
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Authors

J.B. Priestley

J.B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, son of a schoolmaster. He left Belle Vue School at 16 and worked in a wool office, beginning to write in his spare time. He volunteered for the army in 1914 and served throughout the First World War, surviv ...
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Edward Knoblock

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