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Match Day! Blackton Rovers is in need of money. Owner, Austin
Whitworth, sells his star centre-forward - local football hero Jack
Metherell - to a rival club on the eve of a crucial match that
could see Rovers relegated to the 2nd Division. Will honest Jack do
Austin's bidding when asked to throw the match? Or will he put his
professional honour above loyalty to his old club?Austin's daughter
Elsie, and Jack, are in love - or so they think. But Jack still
lives at home, firmly tied to his mother's apron strings. Will
Elsie's modern ways and feisty temperament win over his domineering
mam? Or is this tryst between the classes doomed from the start?5
women, 7 men
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic
plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an
equal mix of boy and girl parts. Hobson's Choice is a comedy based
around the battle of wills between a hard-headed cobbler and his
defiant daughter.
The youngest daughters of curmudgeonly bootmaker Hobson are anxious
to marry and have eligible suitors who must wait until eldest
daughter, practical-minded Maggie is promised in marriage. Maggie,
however has other plans which include freedom from her father's
tyranny, a business and husband of her own. Her choice: Hobson's
shy apprentice Will Mossop.
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Zack (Paperback)
Harold Brighouse
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R364
Discovery Miles 3 640
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Harold Brighouse manages to extract the maximum of comedy from a
farcical situation. Zack is the half-witted son of a wedding
purveyor whose cheerfulness and good-heartedness are a greater
assett than his brother's crafty greed, and the'story shows in most
amusing fashion how he eventually wins self-respect and a bride.4
women, 6 men
"Hobson's Choice "is one of the most popular and enduring of
British comedies. With enormous wit and charm, rising star Tanika
Gupta has transposed the Hobson family to a modern Bengal-Asian
community in London.
"A bold and unusual revival."--"The London Times"
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