Boo

Cast: 1f

Staging: Minimal requirements

Amateur rights performance fee: £45 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two
First Staged:
Old Vic, London, 2018

Boo

By Jack Thorne
Published in volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two

'The great thing about Barbara is you can't half... BOO!'

Barbara's mam makes fun of her for being deaf. It's her mam's way of making it easier for people, so it isn't so embarrassing. But when in 1949 those new hospitals come along – 'death traps', people are calling them – it's her mam who makes her go along and get her ears seen to.

Jack Thorne's Boo is a powerful and beautifully observed short play for one actor, exploring the impact of the newly established National Health Service on working people's lives.

It was first performed by Sophie Stone as part of The Greatest Wealth: In Celebration of the NHS at The Old Vic, London, on 25 June 2018, directed by Adrian Lester.

Note to Performers: The play's dialogue should be signed, and simultaneously translated for a hearing audience.

Boo is published in the volume Jack Thorne Plays: Two.

Also by Jack Thorne:

A Christmas Carol
Let the Right One In
2nd May 1997
Hope
Jack Thorne Plays: Two
Hamish
When Winston Went to War with the Wireless
Stacy & Fanny and Faggot: two plays
the end of history...
After Life
The Solid Life of Sugar Water
Junkyard
Jack Thorne Plays: One
Bunny
The Motive and the Cue
CripTales: Six Monologues
Burying Your Brother in the Pavement
Woyzeck
Red Car, Blue Car
Stacy
When You Cure Me
Mydidae
Whiff Whaff
Fanny and Faggot

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