I Caught Crabs in Walberswick E-Book

Joel Horwood

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

A fast-moving, exhilarating play about teenage hopes, dreams and frustrations in a rural part of England. Wheeler is a high-flying comprehensive kid destined for university, while football-mad Fitz is struggling to cope with his dysfunctional father and his schoolwork. They live in Walberswick, a sleepy Suffolk village known for hosting the British Open Crabbing Championship. Set on a sweltering summer's day on the eve of their last GCSE exam, they are ambushed by Dani, the fittest (and poshest) girl on the beach. So begins a crazy twenty-four hours that will change the lives of the three sixteen-year-olds for ever. Joel Horwood's play I Caught Crabs in Walberswick was first performed at the 2008 HighTide Festival in Suffolk in a co-production with Eastern Angles. The production transferred to the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, as part of the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and then toured the UK before a sell-out run at The Bush Theatre, London, in November 2008.

Leseprobe

Joel Horwood

I CAUGHT CRABS IN WALBERSWICK

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Original Production

Characters

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

For my best friends

I Caught Crabs in Walberswick was first presented as part of the HighTide Festival 2008 at The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk on 2 May 2008, produced by Samuel Hodges and Steven Jon Atkinson, in a co-production with Eastern Angles. The cast was as follows:

FITZ WHEELER DANI ONE TWOJoseph Arkley David Hartley Matti Houghton Paul Trussell Judith ScottDirectorDramaturgeDesignerLighting DesignerSound DesignerVoiceMovementLucy Kerbel Beth Byrne for Neal Street Productions takis Matt Prentice Steve Mayo John Tucker Fernanda Prater for Punchdrunk

The production transferred to the Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, on 1 August 2008, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and then toured from 3 September to 11 October 2008. It transferred to The Bush Theatre, London, on 11 November 2008. The cast was as follows, with the following change to the original production team:

FITZ WHEELER DANI ONE TWOAaron Foy Harry Hepple Gemma Soul Andrew Barron Rosie ThomsonMovementShona Morris

Characters

WHEELER, sixteen

FITZ, sixteen

DANI, sixteen

ONE, adult male

TWO, adult female

ONE and TWO double as all other characters:

BOB, Fitz’s dad

STEPH, Wheeler’s mum

MAX, Wheeler’s dad

URSULA, Dani’s mum

JEREMY, Dani’s dad

BOUNCER

COBB, a policeman

A dash ( – ) indicates an interruption or stopping short

An ellipsis (…) indicates a trailing off

All beats and pauses are to be adhered to at the discretion of the director and actors

Some words are written phonetically to convey the Suffolk dialect and accent