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'The Open Window' by Tony Best - additional information.


'The Open Window' by Tony Best
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Period and Geography
Location: England. Time Period: 1900 to 1919
Settings and Set Complexity
Number of Sets: 2
Setting: Living Room, Office and 'Other Location'
Set Requirements: Backdrops/simple flats and Practical Doors/Windows
The script includes characters in the following age range(s):
17 to 20
21 to 35
36 to 50
51 to 65
Over 65
 Language Advisory:Help
Swearing rate: 1 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
Miscellaneous notes from the author
Style:
A blackly comic stage adaptation of one of Saki's subversive stories. Two locations, but neither need be elaborate (so could be done in a 'black box' with small items of furniture). Aimed at secondary schools, but could be done by adults.
Synopsis:
Framton has been sent to the country as a rest cure for his nerves. However, his encounter with his doctor's cousin, Gertrude, and her neices is anything but calming.

 
 

 
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