A Time to Keep
Cast: 40+ (115 characters) - alternative version 9f 9m
Staging: Flexible staging
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
1 Nov 2007Size: 199mm x 130mm
A Time to Keep
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A large-scale historical romp in the terrain between Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.
Set against the backdrop of the threatened Napoleonic invasion of 1804, David Edgar and Stephanie Dale's play A Time to Keep is the story of an unlikely but passionate romance between a well-born but feisty young woman and the youngest son of a family of notorious smugglers.
With over 100 characters, from George III and his court to the criminal classes, the play is a rollicking example of the community play, originally written for the Dorchester Community Players but easily adaptable for smaller (and larger!) companies alike.
A revised version of the play, premiered at LAMDA, is also available with a cast of 9f 9m, should you have more modest cast requirements. To view an on-screen copy of this text, please contact the Performing Rights Manager.
'Beautiful and memorable... theatre at its fundamental level: a shared, imaginative experience, communicated with winning passion'
Guardian'Wonderfully vivid... a powerful evocation of the way provincial England, far from the madding crowd, is still deeply haunted by its own past'
Sunday TimesCast: 40+ (115 characters) - alternative version 9f 9m
Staging:Flexible staging
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
1 Nov 2007Size: 199mm x 130mm
