The Words Will Come
New Plays from the RADA Elders Company
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Bringing together five plays commissioned specially for the RADA Elders Company, this anthology provides a selection of dynamic and thought-provoking works for elders companies anywhere.
The RADA Elders Company began in 2013 in order to provide opportunities for older people to experience the academy's training at its best. Each year, a playwright is invited to create a new piece for the company, encompassing a wide range of theatre disciplines and skills.
This collection features five pieces that showcase the breadth and diversity of RADA Elders commissions:
Broken Pieces by A. C. Smith
Our Father by Deborah Bruce
The Word by Nell Leyshon
Down the Hatch by Frances Poet
Of Blood by Christopher William Hill
Nell Leyshon
Nell Leyshon is a novelist and playwright, born in Glastonbury and now based in Dorset. She has written a number of plays for BBC Radios 3 and 4. Her stage plays include Comfort Me with Apples, which won the Evening Standard Most Promising Playwright award in 2005 and an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story Don't Look Now. In 2010, she became the first female playwright to be commissioned to write for Shakespeare's Globe since 1599.
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