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 TimISBN: 9781854595850
Dimensions: 199mm x 130mm x 14mm
Weight: 177g
160 pages