The Whitby Rebels

Cast: 3f 3m doubling (up to 17 roles)

Staging: Simple staging (minimal requirements)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 112 pages ISBN: 9781839043970Publication Date:
31 Oct 2024
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook, 112 pages ISBN: 9781788508407Publication Date:
31 Oct 2024
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, 2024

The Whitby Rebels

By Bea Roberts

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In Whitby Harbour, in the summer of 1991, something extraordinary happened. A humble pleasure boat set sail for the Arctic, crewed by misfits, pensioners and the vicar for Egton and Grosmont.

This motley crew was assembled for a daring mission: to erect a plaque honouring the legendary Whitby whaler and explorer Captain William Scoresby Senior on a volcanic island hundreds of miles north of Iceland. The boat was illegal, the crew untrained and the plan... unhinged.

A joyful, (mostly) true story of British eccentricity and determination, Bea Roberts's play The Whitby Rebels premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, in 2024, directed by Paul Robinson.

Press Quotes

'You can see why the true-life story of the Helga Maria put playwright Bea Roberts in mind of an Ealing comedy. It is a tale of British pluck, high-seas adventure and small-town amateurism as a group of misfits comes together to achieve the impossible'

Guardian

'A crazy, absurdly heroic story, comparable to an Ealing comedy'

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Cast: 3f 3m doubling (up to 17 roles)

Staging:Simple staging (minimal requirements)

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,112 pages ISBN: 9781839043970Publication Date:
31 Oct 2024
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook,112 pages ISBN: 9781788508407Publication Date:
31 Oct 2024
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)

Also by Bea Roberts:

And Then Come The Nightjars
Ivy Tiller: Vicar's Daughter, Squirrel Killer

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