Ladies' Day E-Book

Amanda Whittington

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

An exuberant comedy about four likely lasses from the Hull fish docks on a day trip to the races, from the author of Be My Baby. Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot the year it relocated to York. Out go the hairnets, overalls and wellies as the four ditch work, do themselves up to the nines and head off to the races for a drink, a flirt and a flutter. If their luck holds, they could hit the jackpot - and more besides... Amanda Whittington's play Ladies' Day premiered at Hull Truck Theatre in 2005 and has been revived many times since, including at the Royal Court in Liverpool and the Oldham Coliseum. Ladies' Day is the first in Amanda Whittington's Ladies Trilogy, and is followed by Ladies Down Under (Hull Truck, 2007) and Ladies Unleashed (Hull Truck, 2022), all featuring the same four principal characters, Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.

Leseprobe

Amanda Whittington

LADIES’ DAY

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Characters

Act One

Act Two

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Ladies’ Day was first presented by Hull Truck Theatre Company at Hull Truck Theatre on 2 June 2005 with the following cast:

PEARL

Annie Sawle

JAN

Sue McCormick

SHELLEY

Jemma Walker

LINDA

Lucy Beaumont

JOE/FRED/JIM/PATRICK/KEVIN/BARRY

Martin Barrass

Director

Gareth Tudor Price

Designer

Richard Foxton

Characters

PEARL, a fish packer, mid-fifties

JAN, a fish packer, mid-forties

SHELLEY, a fish packer, mid-twenties

LINDA, a fish packer, mid-twenties

JOE, their supervisor

FRED, a ticket tout

JIM McCORMACK, a TV pundit

PATRICK, an Irish jockey

KEVIN, a gambler

BARRY, a bookie

All male parts can be played by one actor.

The play is set in Hull and York, June 2005.

ACT ONE

Scene One

Fish plant, Hull. June 2005. Morning. PEARL, JAN, SHELLEY and LINDA are hard at work.

Their job is to weigh, trim and pack individual fillets of fish. The fillets are delivered to them on trays from the smoking-ovens. PEARL and SHELLEY take a fillet from the tray, trim it and put it in a box. JAN weighs and seals the boxes. LINDA assembles the boxes.

Their movements are quick and dexterous. They wear no jewellery or make-up; just a hairnet, overall and Wellington boots, all white, with body-warmers beneath. The plant is cold and damp; the routine is relentless.

JAN. What d’you have for your tea last night?

LINDA. Pizza.

SHELLEY. Slimfast.

PEARL. Mick took me down the road, it’s two for one on a Tuesday.