A Time to Keep

David Edgar author Stephanie Dale author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nick Hern Books

Published:1st Nov '07

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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.

'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 Tim

ISBN: 9781854595850

Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 14mm

Weight: 177g

160 pages