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No More Sitting on the Old School Bench/Detention

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 5m

Alan Bleasdale

A comedy portraying the staff of a multi-racial comprehensive school regrouping for the autumn term and facing two problems: the redeployment of two members and the arrival of a middle-aged novice teacher who tries hard to ingratiate.

No More Sitting on the Old School Bench/Detention

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 5m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
A serious comedy vividly portraying the staff of a multi-racial comprehensive school regrouping for the autumn term and facing two problems: the redeployment of two members and the arrival of an earnest middle-aged novice teacher who tries hard to ingratiate himself with staff and pupils alike. 
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
Male characters aged between 20s-middle age
Female characters aged between 30s-middle age

Extras: class of multi-racial schoolchildren

  • Time Period 1980s
  • Setting A Staffroom.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

'... tart, painfully astringent drama that dares us not to laugh.' Plays and Players 

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Alan Bleasdale

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