OVERVIEW

• Playwright

   

• Author Notes

  This play was created and presented by Grips Theatre Berlin in February 1975. It was translated by Brigitte Prenn and adapted by TEAM to a Dublin setting.

• Notes

  A play for primary students.

• Synopsis

  Sugar and Spice and Rats and Snails is a play about gender stereotypes. Three young girls decide to build a moon rocket from the junk that's lying in the city dump. Their plan is resisted by the adults. In the long run the boys and girls join forces to prove to the adults that their roles are interchangeable.

• Play Type

  Theatre for Young Audiences
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  2

• Female

  4

• Total

  6

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  October 1975

• Producer

  Produced by TEAM Educational Theatre Company In association with Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach

• Original Venue

  Abbey Theatre/Amharclann na Mainistreach
  

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was provided by printed material in the TEAM archive.