The York Realist
York Realist, The Author: Peter Gill
First Performance: 2001, Salford
Published: 2001
Genre: Drama in 4 scenes
Setting: Living room of farm labourer's cottage outside York, early 1960s
Cast: 4m, 3f
George, a farm labourer, lives with his elderly Mother in a tied cottage. He is visited by his friend John, who has come to the theatre in York for a week and drives out to see him. Curiously, John seems not to see Mother when she comes downstairs, and soon leaves. We then shift back in time. Mother goes out to chapel with Doreen, a woman who fancies George and got him a part in the mystery plays to be staged in York. John, the assistant director of the plays, calls to ask why George has been missing rehearsals. The two men are mutually attracted, and when they return from wandering over the farm, with John thrilled...
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