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Road: "A surreal vision of the contemporary urban landscape...uncomfortable and magical, funny and bitter. It is a northern Under Milk Wood, high on pills and booze" (Sunday Times).
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
To say this has no storyline is to not be viewing it as a performer. With the contextual knowledge of the 80's - the political issues, understanding the social and cultural issues of the North - the devastating affects of unemployement on a mass scale, this play has 12 storyline, which run perfectly together. But there are different themes and issues that tie them all together.
This was an excellent piece when I performed it - it's interesting and thought provoking. It has it's funny moments but then it's meant to reflect the depression of the inidividuals in a coarse and raw way.
Brilliant!!
This was an excellent piece when I performed it - it's interesting and thought provoking. It has it's funny moments but then it's meant to reflect the depression of the inidividuals in a coarse and raw way.
Brilliant!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have recently done this play for my a-level drama, where I played the parts of Claire, Helen, Maureena and Brian. This play shows how life was in 1987 and how depressing the ressession was for a particular road in Lancashire. Every single one of the houses on the road are affected and each house has a different tale to tell. Scullery , the road's own homeless drunk, takes you round the road house by house. There are bits that will make you laugh, cry and think. A very moving and entertaining piece, but if you are put off by strong language beware.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am rehearsing this play with my drama class for my A-Level and I play the part of drunken narrator Scullery. When given the script to read, I went through a series of emotions. Cartwright's play shows the harsh reality of life on 'Road' and the varied type of characters that live there. This play can make you laugh one moment and weep the next, a wonderfully written piece with no trace of a dull moment throughout! Buy it now, you don't know what you're missing.
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Not that good
It is meant to represent life in 80s in the high-unemployment North, however, this play has no plot whatsoever. Read more
Published on 12 May 2006 by xFullEffectx
It could so easily have been you
One night, twelve hours, twelve stories - seven characters prepare for a night out...In a town like yours, not very far away...The Road that leads to your door. Read more
Published on 1 April 2003
A cracking Yorkshire drama for the stage!
JIm Cartwright... writer of "Little Voice". One of the last few "honest" playwrights of the world. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2002
British realism that issharp, funny, shocking
i recently designed the set for this play for my A-Level Theatre studies. after first reading it, i could not believe how real it really was. Read more
Published on 16 May 2000
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