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y separately published work icon Summer of Harold single work   drama  
Date: 2023
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Summer of Harold
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'Memories of 1984. London. Phil Collins on MTV. Cassette tapes.

'Janet is 23 and to make some money she and her fellow Tasmanian friend pretend to be expert live-in housekeepers. They land a job with Harold Pinter, one of the most significant playwrights of the twentieth century. Harold loves his house of treasures but mostly his favourite ugly coffee mug. Coffee every day – breakfast, lunch and dinner. If anything were to happen to his favourite mug…

'Hilary Bell’s new play explores our love for odd things. What is the magic that makes us possessive about objects? Three stories intertwine to take us on a hilarious, poignant and magical journey.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • From the Ensemble Theatre new season brochure: 'In SUMMER OF HAROLD, Hilary expands on her successful short play WINDOW, CRICKET BAT presented by the Griffin Theatre Company as part of the 2022 Sydney Festival. This powerful new enlarged work crackles with humour and captures good times past.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2023
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2023 .
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      Extent: 45p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 7 September 2023
      ISBN: 9781760628482
      Series: Currency Plays Currency Press (publisher), series - publisher
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Related Works

Window, Cricket Bat Hilary Bell , 2022 single work drama

'Some objects possess mysterious powers. They can take us back in time. They can remind us of someone. They can make us emotional—joyful, wistful, homesick.

'Objects can also imply drama. When you hear the words ‘window’ and ‘cricket bat’… what do you think of?

'A short chamber performance for a solo performer and a curious audience, Window, Cricket Bat comes to life within the exhibition space of Happy objects at the Australian Design Centre. Become a guest at the glamorous luncheon of one of the world’s most famous playwrights—evoked with nothing more than a well-loved souvenir and a cracking story.

'Produced in a unique collaboration with Griffin, the Australian Design Centre’s Happy objects is a celebration of ‘stuff’—material items that are often imperfect, and always deeply symbolic of the lives we lead. Accompanying the exhibition, Window, Cricket Bat is a delightful journey back to London in the 1980s, penned with fond humour by playwright Hilary Bell.'

Source: Griffin Theatre.
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  • 1984
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