Christmas /
With a sharp ear for the verbal rhythms of conversation, Stephens glimpses the everyday weariness beneath the chat of men down on their luck, in a pub that has fallen out of time. It is a week before Christmas in Michael Macgraw's tired and empty pub in London. Michael adds a shot of whisky to...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | With a sharp ear for the verbal rhythms of conversation, Stephens glimpses the everyday weariness beneath the chat of men down on their luck, in a pub that has fallen out of time. It is a week before Christmas in Michael Macgraw's tired and empty pub in London. Michael adds a shot of whisky to his tea, and waits for some customers. Slowly, the regulars trickle in: twitchy, miserable 29 year-old Billy Lee Russell, who has just found out who his father was, and Giuseppe Rossi, a proud and elderly Italian barber, who has charged the same price for the last five years. They are joined by a series of strangers who only stay for one drink, and by Charlie Anderson who is on a lonely pub crawl with a cello, and they talk through the long night about what went wrong. 'Christmas' was first performed in 2003 at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: in print in Plays one. London: Methuen Drama, 2005. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781408168431.00000011 |