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Revlon Girl, The

Set eight months following Aberfan Disaster of 1966 (in which 144 people were killed; 116 of them children) The Revlon Girl tells the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who meet every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Docudrama/Historic
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Set eight months following Aberfan Disaster of 1966 (in which 144 people were killed; 116 of them children) The Revlon Girl tells the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who meet every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty.

At one of their meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they felt they'd let themselves go. So afraid that people would think them frivolous, they secretly arranged for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.
REVIEWS:

"I shall never forget what I saw that day on television... Now I shall never forget the play."

 Clare Brennan, The Observer

"[A] visionary new play."

 Mike Wade, The Times

Premiere Production:

The Revlon Girl was first presented as a short version in 2015 as a part of a double bill staged at the Tristan Bates Theatre (Covent Garden).
This version was first performed in 2017 as the Pontardawe Arts Centre just before its inclusion at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (at the Assembly Roxy) and its subsequent London run at Park Theatre (Finsbury Park).

Characters

  • Casting: 5F
  • Casting Attributes: All Female

  • SIAN - Late twenties, bright, hopeful and eager to help, Sian is very much the instigator (and defender) of the evening's event and is desperate for it to go well.

  • REVLON - Around the same age as Sian (if not younger) Revlon is smart, well-groomed, well-bred, trusting and clearly does not come from a Welsh working-class mining village.

  • MARILYN - Early to mid-thirties, Marilyn is introverted, tense and fearful of change. Though outwardly simple, she is very focused.

  • RONA - Early to mid-thirties, Rona is fiery, foul-mouthed and indomitable. She finds strength in rage, rejects authority and is easily set alight.

  • JEAN - Early to mid-thirties, Jean is stately, conservative and sociable. Though she hails from the same background as Marilyn and Rona, Jean is not the wife of a respected church minister and therefore regards herself as a pillar of the community.

  • JACKIE (UNSEEN) - The hotel's part-time receptionist/barmaid; helpful but inattentive.

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    Set eight months following Aberfan Disaster of 1966 (in which 144 people were killed; 116 of them children) The Revlon Girl tells the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who meet every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty.

    At one of their meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they felt they'd let themselves go. So afraid that people would think them frivolous, they secretly arranged for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.

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