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54% Acrylic

  • David Harrower
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9781848420700

When a young woman shoplifts for the first time, the store detective decides to give chase, but just how far is he prepared to go?

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
When a young woman shoplifts for the first time, the store detective decides to give chase, but just how far is he prepared to go?

David Harrower's short play 54% Acrylic was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8 July 1998. It was staged at Òran Mór, Glasgow, in April 2006 as part of the lunchtime A Play, a Pie and a Pint season.

54% Acrylic is available in the collection Scottish Shorts.

REVIEWS:

"A thoroughly engaging character piece... a great play."

 Metro

"An unsetttling short play about power, flight, bullying, violence, complicity, desire and tragedy... confirms Harrower, once again, as one of the most gifted and challenging dramatic writers in town."

 Scotsman

Premiere Production: Òran Mór, Glasgow, 2006.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F