The Fall E-Book

James Fritz

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

'Imagine being him. Every day you wake up. You're tired. Your body doesn't work properly… You said it – you'd kill yourself.' Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children. James Fritz's play The Fall takes a funny, moving and candid look at young people's relationships to older people, confronting the frightening prospect of ageing in a country undergoing crises of housing and care. It was commissioned and premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016, and revived at Southwark Playhouse in 2018.  

Leseprobe

James Fritz

THE FALL

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Acknowledgements

Characters

Note on Text

The Fall

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

The Fall was was commissioned by Paul Roseby in 2016 as part of the National Youth Theatre’s 60th anniversary and first performed by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at the Finborough Theatre, London, on 9 August 2016. The cast was as follows:

C Simeon Blake-Hall

D Ben Butler

BOY Oliver Clayton

B Matilda Doran-Cobham

A Hannah Farnhill

ONE James Morley

TWO/LIAISON Katya Morrison

GIRL/E LaTanya Peterkin

Director Matt Harrison

Designer & Costume Designer Chris Hone

Sound Designer Jak Poore

Lighting Designer Seth Rook Williams

The Fall was revived by the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain at Southwark Playhouse, London, on 28 April 2018. The cast was as follows:

Josie Charles

Joshua Williams

Lucy Havard

Madeline Charlemagne

Troy Richards

Sophie Couch

Jesse Bateson

Jamie Ankrah

Niyi Akin

Jamie Foulkes

Director Matt Harrison

Designer Christopher Hone

Assistant Director Melissa Taylor

Lighting Designer Christopher Nairne

Sound Designer Jak Poore

Choreographer Rebecca Hesketh-Smith

Company Stage Manager Emma Collins

Deputy Stage Manager Robyn Amber-Manners

Assistant Stage Manager Joseph Pearson

Production Manager Gareth Edwards

Costume Supervisor Helena Bonner

Wardrobe Mistress Jenny Anderton

LX Operator Benji Godley

Acknowledgements

Matt Harrison and our wonderful cast.

Beth, Kay, Anna, Paul and everyone at NYT.

Kate Hewitt and Nathan, James, Joe, Max, Olivia, Daniel, Sofia, Dipo, Tori, Vita and Aaron.

Anna Girvan and Ann, Anne, Annie, Boma, David, Rob, Lucrecia, Maureen, Patricia, Penny and Safina. Thank you all for sharing.

And Mum – for giving me her expert advice on finance and pensions and then for going all method during rehearsals.

J.F.

Characters

BOY

GIRL

ONE

TWO

LIAISON

A

B

C

D

NURSE

Note on Text

This play was written to be performed by young people.

Where I’ve offered you a choice – i.e. of song – feel free to add the cast’s own personalities/interests/experiences to the text.

In the second and third parts there is no set gender for any character. I’ve occasionally used gender-specific pronouns in this text for clarity, but they can be switched.

Nobody should ever ‘play old’.

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

FIRST

GIRL You fell.

BOY I never.

GIRL You fell.

BOY He tripped me.

GIRL You fell.

BOY The next lane he cheated.

GIRL You got tangled up in your own stupid feet.

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!

Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!