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'The Price of Firewood' by Hilary Mackelden - additional information.


'The Price of Firewood' by Hilary Mackelden
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Period and Geography
Location: a non-specific location. Time Period: Now
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 2
Setting: Office, Garden and 'Other Location'
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
13 to 16
21 to 35
36 to 50
51 to 65
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: less than 1 known rude word per thousand.
We have identified the following types of language in the text:
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
Style:
Full-length serious drama on the politics and economics of war and trade. Split-stage set.
Synopsis:
A reporter sends a shocking bulletin from a refugee camp in a war torn country, but the government of that country is signing some very important trade agreements, and the help for the victims of violence seems very slow in coming, despite the official 'investigation'.
Awards (won by this script or performances of the script):
The author will be donating 50% of her royalties to go to the Charity 'World In Need', which works with refugees like the ones in the play (and with whom the author worked in Kenya)

 
 

 
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