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  2. Road

    Road
    by Jim Cartwright


    (The Royal Court)


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    REVIEWS - January 1987

    Nothing I had read about Jim Cartwright's Road ñ which actually started life at the Theatre Upstairs last March and which is now being revived again in the main house with Ian Dury ñ had quite prepared me for its emotional impact. John Osborne wanted a theatre that gave one "lessons in feeling." Cartwright's play does that, quickening our sympathy for the baffled young and old living in the blighted, scarred sections of our divided land.

    Guardian, Michael Billington

    It is he most searing indictment of Thatcherite England I have seen for a long time. A superb cast of seven are unforgettable in their many roles including Susan Brown's frustrated seductress, Jane Horrock's embittered wide and Iain Glen's Skinhead-turned Buddhist.

    Time Out, Ann McFerran

    Of the play itself enough has been said to fill a dictionary with superlatives. The writing is tough, funny, bitter, harrowing.

    Financial Times, Claire Armitstead

    Jim Cartwright's scorching, bang-up-to minute play is a Sate of the Nation piece with a vengeance. The world he shows us is a raw one and his language, coupling obscenities and street poetry gives us a passionate, unavoidable truth about a dis-United Kingdom. The openness and originality of Simon Curtis's production is a striking image for one theme in the play itself: humanity can be assertive, extraordinary and just plain lively in any sort of place.

    The Times, Jeremy Kingston

    The most significant and original new English play to appear in London for a long time.

    The Observer



    AWARDS

    For 'Road' Jim Cartwright won:
    1. The George Divine Award for new writing
    2. Plays and players Award
    3. Samuel Beckett Award

  3. Credits

    Ian Dury
    Scullery

    Jane Horrocks
    Louise/Valerie/Clare

    Ewan Stewart
    Brother/Joey/Brink

    Susan Brown
    Brenda/Molly/Helen

    Mossie Smith
    Carol/Chantal

    Iain Glen
    Eddie/Skin

    Alan David
    Eddie's Dad/Professor/Jerry

    Simon Curtis
    Director

    Paul Brown
    Designer

    Christopher Toulmin
    Lighting Designer

    Photography:
    Ian Dury



    It is the most searing indictment of Thatcherite England I have seen for a long time. A superb cast of seven are unforgettable in their many roles.

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