Under the guidance of the rum-soaked wideboy Scullery, we are taken on an evening's tour of a scruffy, depressed road in a small Lancashire town. Moving from street corner to living room, from bedroom to kitchen, we meet the inhabitants of young, middle-aged, and old, glimpsing their socially and emotionally wretched lives, in this sharp, sad, funny, and angry play.
Social, Cultural and Historical Aspects of 'Road'. By Zo Murray Jim Cartwright wrote the play 'Road' and was born in 1958. Brought up in Farnworth, Lancashire, he left school at 16, and worked as an actor after training at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His first play, Road, was commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, London, and.
Hard Fruit, produced at Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2000 published by Methuen, 2000 Compilations; Jim Cartwright: Plays One, Volume 1, Methuen, 1996 Screenplays (With Mark Herman) Little Voice (based on Cartwright's play TheRise and Fall of Little Voice), Miramax, 1998 Strumpet, Destiny Films, 2001 Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, Destiny Films, 2001.
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Two is a delightful play written by Jim Cartwright, author of Road, Bed, and Rise and Fall of Little Voice. The play is written to be performed by two actors, as it consists of only monologues and dualogues. It was first performed at the Bolton Octagon on 23 August 1989, with Sue Johnston and John McArdle playing all the roles.