By David Storey
Directed by Hunter Bell
Season: 10 - 24 March 1973
At the play's core is a semi-pro Northern England rugby league team. During the week, its members are peaceable men toiling away at mindless, working class jobs. On Saturday, they prepare for gory combat on the playing field. The changing room is where they perform their pre-game initiation rites, strip down, loosen muscles, and get into their uniforms. After the match they return, often broken, muddy, and bloody, regretting their loss or giddy with victory in the communal shower. There is little in the way of plot, but Storey engages his audience with his ability to dissect his characters' hurts, hopes, desires, and fighting instincts.
Cast:
Harry, Cleaner - Gerald Orchard
Patsy, Wing 3/4 - Peter Bool
Fielding, Forward - Wil Blythe
Mic Morley, Forward - Keith Tonkin
Kendal, Forward - Cliff Wood
Luke, Masseur - Reg Barlow
Fenchurch, Wing 3/4 - Les Bush
Colin (Jagger), Centre 3/4 - Donald Bruce
Trevor, Fullback - Terr O'Cain
Walsh, Forward - Ron Hawkins
Sandford, Assistant Trainer - Alfred Taylor
Barry Copley, Scrum-half - Alan Neeson
Jack Stringer, Center 3/4 - Bruce Hextall
Bryan Atkinson, Foward - <tba>
Billy Spencer, Reserve - Brian Lawrie
John Clegg, Hooker - Andrew Baker
Frank Moore, Reserve - Digby Joplin
Danny Crosby, Trainer - Paul McMenamin
Cliff Owens, Standoff Half - Tom Kain
Tallon, Referee - Trevor Robbins
Thornton, Chariman - Mervyn Glue
MacKenddrick, Club Secretary - Dermot Holland
Directed by Hunter Bell
Season: 10 - 24 March 1973
At the play's core is a semi-pro Northern England rugby league team. During the week, its members are peaceable men toiling away at mindless, working class jobs. On Saturday, they prepare for gory combat on the playing field. The changing room is where they perform their pre-game initiation rites, strip down, loosen muscles, and get into their uniforms. After the match they return, often broken, muddy, and bloody, regretting their loss or giddy with victory in the communal shower. There is little in the way of plot, but Storey engages his audience with his ability to dissect his characters' hurts, hopes, desires, and fighting instincts.
Cast:
Harry, Cleaner - Gerald Orchard
Patsy, Wing 3/4 - Peter Bool
Fielding, Forward - Wil Blythe
Mic Morley, Forward - Keith Tonkin
Kendal, Forward - Cliff Wood
Luke, Masseur - Reg Barlow
Fenchurch, Wing 3/4 - Les Bush
Colin (Jagger), Centre 3/4 - Donald Bruce
Trevor, Fullback - Terr O'Cain
Walsh, Forward - Ron Hawkins
Sandford, Assistant Trainer - Alfred Taylor
Barry Copley, Scrum-half - Alan Neeson
Jack Stringer, Center 3/4 - Bruce Hextall
Bryan Atkinson, Foward - <tba>
Billy Spencer, Reserve - Brian Lawrie
John Clegg, Hooker - Andrew Baker
Frank Moore, Reserve - Digby Joplin
Danny Crosby, Trainer - Paul McMenamin
Cliff Owens, Standoff Half - Tom Kain
Tallon, Referee - Trevor Robbins
Thornton, Chariman - Mervyn Glue
MacKenddrick, Club Secretary - Dermot Holland
