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'Hapless in Charge' by Rupert Dick - additional information.


'Hapless in Charge' by Rupert Dick
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Period and Geography
Location: England. Time Period: Now
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 3
Setting: Office, A Room and 'Other Location'
Set Requirements: Practical Doors/Windows
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
Unspecified ages
Over 65
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: 4 rude words per thousand
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
Offensive names for body parts
Mild swearwords
Potential blasphemy
In addition to the text, the "Producer's Copy" of the Script includes the following:
A list of the required properties
A list of the required sound effects
Descriptions of the characters
A description of the set requirements
Style:
A well-worked comedy of bureaucracy and incompetence in charge. Two main sets (office and bunker - the latter can be done with grey cloths) plus a lift.
Synopsis:
Sir John Hapless, a recently appointed Junior Minister, is struggling to justify his worth to a government who may shut his department down. When a bomb attack hits the Houses of Parliament, Sir John is mistaken for the Home Secretary and locked in a secure bunker with his staff. Will they be lost down there forever, or turn this situation into an opportunity?

 
 

 
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