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One for the Road (Russell)

  • Willy Russell
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573113208

This wickedly observant comedy finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Set Requirements: Interior Setting
This wickedly observant comedy by the author of Educating Rita finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.

Reaching breaking point at his birthday party he packs a rucksack to make his escape but everyone wants to accompany him and he sinks down in front of the television, defeated. But there's always next year ... and the year after ...

Premiere Production:

One for the Road was first presented at the Nottingham Playhouse on 7th March, 1979.
A revised version of the play opened on 4th February, 1985 at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, prior to a national tour.

  • Casting: 2M, 2F

  • PAULING CAIN
    DENNIS CAIN
    ROGER FULLER
    JANE FULLER
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    This wickedly observant comedy by the author of Educating Rita finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.

    Reaching breaking point at his birthday party he packs a rucksack to make his escape but everyone wants to accompany him and he sinks down in front of the television, defeated. But there's always next year ... and the year after ...

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