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Handbag, A

Acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and playwright Anthony Horowitz was commissioned to write a play as part of the National Theatre's New Connections programme for young people and the result is a short play which is both funny and poignant for a cast of six.

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  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18)
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
Acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and playwright Anthony Horowitz was commissioned to write a play as part of the National Theatre's New Connections programme for young people and the result is a short play which is both funny and poignant for a cast of six.

A group of young people are rehearsing The Importance of Being Earnest but, as they attempt to perform a play which is alien to them, it becomes apparent that their surroundings are not normal. Gradually, as tensions mount, squabbles ensue and each your person's story starts to emerge, the location is found to be an institution -- reinforced by the final grim, chilling echoes of doors slamming and being locked.

Premiere Production: A Handbag was originally commissioned by the Royal National Theatre as part of the New Connections season sponsored by the Royal National Theatre, London and the Bank of America.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 2F
  • Casting Notes: All the characters are aged between 18 and 22.

  • ROSE - also Lady Bracknell
    GEORGE - also Jack Worthing
    ALLAN - also Algernon Moncrieff
    SPECS - also Algemon, Gwendolen, Jack, Cecily
    IRENE - also Gwendolen
    KINSEY - also Lane

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    Acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and playwright Anthony Horowitz was commissioned to write a play as part of the National Theatre's New Connections programme for young people and the result is a short play which is both funny and poignant for a cast of six.

    A group of young people are rehearsing The Importance of Being Earnest but, as they attempt to perform a play which is alien to them, it becomes apparent that their surroundings are not normal. Gradually, as tensions mount, squabbles ensue and each your person's story starts to emerge, the location is found to be an institution -- reinforced by the final grim, chilling echoes of doors slamming and being locked.

    		 $24.95

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