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OVERVIEW

Playwright

Neill Speers
Synopsis

In a large hardware shop in a Northern Irish town, Mill the manageress and Vi the typist each tell their life story. However, neither story is the absolute truth: there is a game going on.
Play Type

Plays General

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Female

3
Total

3

Original Production

Date of First Production

16 November 1989
Producer

Produced by Charabanc Theatre Company
Original Venue

Lyric Theatre

Original Cast
Mill	Carol Scanlan
Vi	Eleanor Methven
Hetty	Sheila McWade

Production Team
Director	Lynne Parker
Designer	Houston Marshall
Costumes	Ivor C. Morrow
Sound	Louis Edmondson
Lighting Operator	Martin Neill
Lighting Operator	Graeme Shaw
Production Assistant	Cathy Timothy

Unpublished Scripts

Contact

Theatre and Performing Arts Archive of Northern Ireland
Address

The Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegall Square North
Belfast BT1 5GB
Northern Ireland

Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Charabanc Theatre Company

Source Of Information

Information for this entry was taken from the original production programme, and from the company archive, which is held at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast.

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