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Comment is Free

  • James Fritz
  • Short Play, Radio Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 2M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9781780019895

A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

  • Short Play
  • Radio Play, Drama

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

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Imison Award for Audio Drama (2017)
    Winner! Tinniswood Award for Audio Drama (2017)
A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in James Fritz's urgent, gripping and innovative play.

After being staged by Old Vic New Voices in 2015, the version published here was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016, winning both the Tinniswood and Imison Awards for Audio Drama.

Comment is Free is available as an EScipt direct from Nick Hern Books or in the volume Comment is Free & Start Swimming: Two Plays.

REVIEWS:

"A brilliant piece... It took my breath away."

 Telegraph on Comment is Free

Premiere Production: Old Vic New Voices, 2015; BBC Radio 4, 2016.
  • Casting: 2M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for younger performers