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  • Robert Holman
  • Short Play, Drama, 1980s
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9781848422483

The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre
Published in volume Making Noise Quietly: three short plays

The second play in Robert Holman's acclaimed trilogy of short plays, Making Noise Quietly.

It is 1987. May Appleton, whose son is serving in the Falklands, receives the visit that every mother dreads. 

Making Noise Quietly was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in June 1986.

REVIEWS:

"Holman's instinct for truth, and an unaffected ability to spot what's poignant in it, is what one remembers: that, and a paradoxical impression of spare richness, astringent abundance..."

 The Times

Premiere Production: Bush Theatre, London, 1986; West End 1999.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F