OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Martin Murphy 

• Author Notes

  Good as Gold was developed through a devising process after consultation with various schools.

• Notes

  A play for primary school students.

• Synopsis

  The play deals with the subject of difference – cultural, physical, and intellectual - by taking the pupils on an interactive journey to the time of the Wild West in America. By enrolling them as characters in a 19th-century story, Good as Gold brings the children face to face with problems of relevance to their own lives. Why does Johnny, a young Irish settler in a new country, behave in such an anti-social way? Why should a difference in someone's ability provoke a hostile reaction from their contemporaries? Why should a difference in cultural background create problems for the majority of the community?

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  4

• Female

  3

• Total

  7

• Cast Notes

  Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 March 2001

• Producer

  Produced by TEAM Educational Theatre Company

• Venue Notes

  First performed as part of a tour to schools.

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the teachers' information pack for the original production.