Ladies Down Under E-Book

Amanda Whittington

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

The funny, heart-warming sequel to the enormously successful Ladies' Day, following the lasses from Hull on their adventures down under. After hitting the jackpot at Ladies' Day in York, the fishfilleting foursome - Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda - are celebrating in style with the trip of a lifetime to the land of Oz. While Shelley dreams of luxury and glamour, the rest of the gang decide to go native and camp out under the stars at Uluru. But Shelley soon discovers there's more on offer than posh hotels, stunning beaches and sun-kissed surfers; and Pearl finds that she's got a mountain of her own to climb... Ladies Down Under is the second play in Amanda Whittington's Ladies Trilogy, alongside Ladies' Day (Hull Truck, 2005) and Ladies Unleashed (Hull Truck, 2022), all of them featuring the same four principal characters, Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.

Leseprobe

Amanda Whittington

LADIES DOWNUNDER

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 Down Under was first presented by Hull Truck Theatre Company at Hull Truck Theatre on 12 April 2007 with the following cast:

PEARL

Annie Sawle

JAN

Sue McCormick

SHELLEY

Jemma Walker

LINDA

Lucy Beaumont

JOE / BILL / CHARLIE /KOALA BARE

Martin Barrass

TOM / BEN / SHANEDANNY / BONDI BITCH

Damien Warren-Smith

Director

Gareth Tudor Price

Designer

Richard Foxton

Characters

PEARL, a retired fish-packer, mid-fifties

JAN, her workmate, mid-forties

SHELLEY, her workmate, mid-twenties

LINDA, her workmate, mid-twenties

TOM, a volunteer firefighter

JOE, Jan’s boyfriend

BILL, a flight attendant

BEN, a flight attendant

SHANE, a surfer

CHARLIE, an aristocratic dropout

DANNY, a traveller

KOALA BARE, a drag queen

BONDI BITCH, a drag queen

All male parts can be played by two actors.

The play is set in Manchester and various locations in Australia, February–March 2007.

ACT ONE

Scene One

February 2007. Australia. Blue Mountains. Night.

A bushfire is blazing out of control. Enter JOE, with a backpack, facing the fire.

JOE. No! No way!

Enter TOM, a volunteer firefighter.

TOM. Hey? Where do you think you’re going?

JOE. How do I get out of here?

TOM. You don’t. Not till it’s under control.

JOE. But I’ve got to get to Sydney.

TOM. You’ll be six feet under if you don’t back off.

JOE. There must be a way around it?

TOM. Mate, the roads are closed, the power’s down, there’s bushfires right across the mountains.

JOE. I’m stuck here?

TOM. Don’t panic. Get back to Lithgow, you’ll be safe there.

JOE. But I’m meeting Jan, my girlfriend, she’s flying in tomorrow.