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A Month of Sundays
A Month of Sundays
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Author: Bob Larbey Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 99 Pub. Date: 1988 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0573618704 ISBN-13: 9780573618703 Cast Size: 3 female, 3 male
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About the Play:
A Month of Sundays (sometimes billed as The First Sunday
in Every Month) is a full-length comedy by Bob Larbey. A
crotchety senior citizen faces his old age and lingering family
problems in a retirement home. A Month of Sundays
is about man's efforts to cope with the inevitable, in this
case the process of growing old and in particular the onset of
physical and mental infirmity. Much fun along the way, and much
thought-provoking too.
A Month of Sundays is set
against the backdrop of a pleasant nursing home somewhere in leafy
Surrey. The
story revolves around the two main
characters: Cooper, who has
voluntarily left his family to avoid the indignity of depending on
them, and Aylott. Fighting
the aging process with wit and humour, the two friends are aware that
life can only be endured if treated as a comedy. They
spend their time planning their escape, playing chess, and drinking
whisky. Aylott is physically fit but with early signs of dementia
while Cooper is sharp as a tack mentally but physically challenged.
There are four lovely cameo
roles which the characters can make their own. The
young nurse Wilson is cheerful and has to manage Coopers’
flirtatious banter. Mrs Baker is a hard working cleaning woman who
looks after an aging father. Cooper's daughter Julia and her
husband Peter visit Cooper once a month on Sundays. The
play is a black comedy, perceptively written with many laugh out loud
lines. The audience should leave feeling uplifted and hopeful that
all is not lost when old age approaches.
A Month of Sundays was first presented in 1985 at The
Nuffield Theatre in Southampton. It transferred to the Duchess
Theatre In London in 1986 and won the London Evening Standard Award
for Best Comedy of 1986. It was later performed on Broadway and
adapted by Bob Larbey as the 1989 television movie Age-Old
Friends.
Cast: 3 female, 3 male
What people say:
"This is a play about heroism.
As such it lifts the spirits and reinforces our humanity." —
The Daily Mail
"The play was set in a
retirement home and won praise for its humour, delicacy and humane
consideration of growing older." — The Guardian
About the Playwright:
Robert Edward "Bob" Larbey (1934 – 2014) was a
British television sitcom and screenplay writer. He worked with his
writing partner John Esmonde for 30 years: together they wrote some
of the some of Britain's most successful television sitcoms of the
1970s and 1980s. He also wrote on his own and was responsible for the
Dame Judi Dench starring in her first television sitcom. He had no
theatrical background, but his first stage play, A Month of
Sundays, won the Evening Standard best comedy of the year award
when it played in London's West End in 1986.
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