Stags and Hens
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Stags and Hens is a play written by Willy Russell. Like most of Willy Russell's work, the play discusses working class society in England
in the 1970s. It makes comments about their intellect, life, party habits and exclusion of the different.
It was originally written in 1978 for television and drama students of the then-Manchester Polytechnic, as an in-house television production. Russell adapted it for performance in 2008 at The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
. The play has become successful and is now popularly used in schools.
Russell adapted the play into a TV movie called Dancin' thru the Dark
, which was filmed in 1990.
, England. The action is mainly in the gents and women's toilets of the disco where both Linda (The Bride) and Dave (The Groom) have decided to hold their stags and hens nights, not knowing that their other half is at the same place. When Linda's ex-boyfriend, Peter, arrives this causes an uproar between Linda and Dave's friends and when Linda's hen party get a say in all whats happening the two groups gang together to stop Linda taking up the offer of an escape with her ex Peter she is then forced with a difficult decision - to stay or to go.
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England
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in the 1970s. It makes comments about their intellect, life, party habits and exclusion of the different.
It was originally written in 1978 for television and drama students of the then-Manchester Polytechnic, as an in-house television production. Russell adapted it for performance in 2008 at The Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
The Royal Court Theatre is a theatre at 1 Roe Street, Liverpool, England. It was built in 1938 in an Art Deco style.-History:Built in the 12th Century, the site of the current Royal Court Theatre was originally a water well...
. The play has become successful and is now popularly used in schools.
Russell adapted the play into a TV movie called Dancin' thru the Dark
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Dancin' thru the Dark is a 1990 British film directed by Mike Ockrent and written by Willy Russell. It is based on the play Stags and Hens by the same author. The film stars Con O'Neill, Claire Hackett, Simon O'Brien, Julia Deakin and Mark Womack....
, which was filmed in 1990.
Plot
The play is set in a trashy 70s disco in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, England. The action is mainly in the gents and women's toilets of the disco where both Linda (The Bride) and Dave (The Groom) have decided to hold their stags and hens nights, not knowing that their other half is at the same place. When Linda's ex-boyfriend, Peter, arrives this causes an uproar between Linda and Dave's friends and when Linda's hen party get a say in all whats happening the two groups gang together to stop Linda taking up the offer of an escape with her ex Peter she is then forced with a difficult decision - to stay or to go.
Characters
- Linda - The Bride
- Dave - The Drunken Groom
- Eddy - The Violent Best-Man
- Robbie - The Ladies Man
- Billy - The Oddball
- Kav - The Piss Artist
- Peter - The Musician
- Frances - The Best Friend
- Carol - The Work Colleague
- Bernadette - The Dictator
- Maureen - The Drunken Cry-Baby
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