Frank has been married for forty years. Three years ago he fell in love.
This taut and tender new play asks if it’s ever too late to start again?
Luke Norris is an actor, appearing at the Royal Court earlier this year in Aleksey Scherbak’s Remembrance Day. He attended Royal Court playwriting groups, before entering the Young Writers Festival. This is his first play.
Simon Godwin will direct. Recently appointed full-time Associate Director at the Royal Court, his credits here include The Acid Test by Anya Reiss and Wanderlust by Nick Payne. His other credits include Faith Healer and Far Away at Bristol Old Vic, The Winter’s Tale for Headlong and the Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Mister Heracles at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. As Associate Director of the Royal and Derngate Theatres in Northampton under Artistic Director Rupert Goold, Simon directed seven main stage shows.
Running time 1hr 10mins approx, no interval.
Playtext available from our bookshop: www.royalcourttheatre.com/shop/programmes (UK postage only)
Goodbye to All That is part of “Young Writers Festival 2012.: www.royalcourttheatre.com/season/young-writers-festival-2012:new-window
The Young Writers Festival is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and is in partnership with the European Commission Representation in the UK, with additional support from the Dr. Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation.
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