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- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 6M
- ISBN: 9780413774279
Stephen, a restaurateur, has a weekly poker game in the basement. The stakes are high and the waiters often lose their paycheques.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
- Accolades:
- Nominee! Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play (2008)
Stephen, a restaurateur, has a weekly poker game in the basement. The stakes are high and the waiters often lose their paycheques. Stephen's son, Carl, is an obsessive gambler who has run up debts and when Ash, a professional gambler, threatens to kill Carl if he doesn't pay the 4000 he owes, Carl arranges for him to play in the weekly game. But Stephen can spot a professional and confronts Ash who asks where Carl acquired his addiction. Who is the real addict, Carl or Stephen?
REVIEWS:
REVIEWS:
"Swaggering comedy."
The Guardian
Characters
- Casting: 6M
- Casting Attributes: All Male
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Stephen, a restaurateur, has a weekly poker game in the basement. The stakes are high and the waiters often lose their paycheques. Stephen's son, Carl, is an obsessive gambler who has run up debts and when Ash, a professional gambler, threatens to kill Carl if he doesn't pay the 4000 he owes, Carl arranges for him to play in the weekly game. But Stephen can spot a professional and confronts Ash who asks where Carl acquired his addiction. Who is the real addict, Carl or Stephen? |
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