We Anchor in Hope E-Book

Anna Jordan

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

'This is a locals' pub. And what's the problem with locals? They die.' 'Inconsiderate bastards.' All over London, public houses become private flats. Tomorrow The Anchor closes for good. It's the end of an era, but Kenny and the gang are going out with a bang. There's a blow-up sheep, karaoke and a lot of Campari. There's secrets and grudges and forgotten dreams. As the front doors are locked and the bar is drunk dry, there's a lot more to lose than just a pub. Anna Jordan's play We Anchor in Hope premiered at The Bunker, London, in 2019, produced by The Bunker and W14 Productions in association with the Royal Court Theatre, and directed by Artistic Director Chris Sonnex.

Leseprobe

Anna Jordan

WE ANCHOR

IN HOPE

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production

Dedication

A Note About this Play

Acknowledgements

Characters

Note on Text

We Anchor in Hope

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

We Anchor in Hope was produced by The Bunker and W14 Productions in association with the Royal Court Theatre. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 25 September 2019. The cast was as follows:

PEARL

Alex Jarrett

BILBO

Daniel Kendrick

FRANK

David Killick

SHAUN

Alan Turkington

KENNY

Valentine Hanson

Director

Chris Sonnex

Designer

Zoë Hurwitz

Lighting Designer

Jess Bernberg

Sound Designer

Emily Legg

Movement Director

Louise Kempton

Photographer

Helen Murray

Assistant Director

Rosemary Maltezos

Image

Tom Scurr and David Ralf

Videographer

Rosemary Maltezo

Production Manager

Zara Janmohamed

Producer

Annabel Williamson, W14 Productions

Stage Manager

Crystal Gayle

For Gryff, the boy.

When I wrote this you were just a dream.

A Note About this Play

We Anchor in Hope was commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre as part of Beyond the Court in 2016. Chris Sonnex sent me into pubs in Pimlico to buy drinks for people and talk to them about their lives, their area and what pubs meant to them. This play is a fictional piece in response to the many chats I had with some fantastic and generous people. We performed it as a rehearsed reading at a pub in Pimlico in 2016 and it has been reworked for this, its premiere at The Bunker in 2019. Cheers Pimlico.

A.J.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to my dear friend Scott Le Crass – this play would not have been possible without him. Thanks to Darlene at LALGRA Community Hall and the people I chatted with at The Constitution and many other Pimlico pubs. Thank you to Peter Gordon, Alison King, David Hemsted, Young Sir Thomas Scurr, Hamish Pirie, Chris Urch, Camilla Young, Grace Gummer, Vicky Featherstone, Lucy Morrison, Jed O’Hagan, Adaleyo Adedayo, Colin Mace, Deka Walmsley, Katherine Kotz, Aoife Lennon, Jules Richardson. Thanks to David Eldridge for the advice. Thanks to the wonderful creatives, team, cast and fabulous teams at both The Bunker and the Royal Court. Huge love and thanks to the brilliant Annabel Williamson and huge love, adoration and gratitude to the irrepressible Chris Sonnex.

A.J.

Characters

PEARL, twenty, slim, tough, attractive, tomboyish

BILBO, twenty-four, scruffy and a little bit scrawny, a face that shows worries beyond his years

FRANK, seventy-seven, a touch of tired class about him. His vowels are RP but he occasionally drops his ‘T’s and ‘H’s

SHAUN, fifty, Northern Irish, athletic figure, strong shoulders, suntanned and weather-beaten from years of work outside. Ruggedly handsome

KENNY, fifty, the look of someone who’s not been sleeping well

Note on Text

/ indicates an overlap

/ at the end of a line indicates coming in very sharply on cue – almost overlapping

… denotes a trailing-off of thought rather than a slowing of pace

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