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Playing Away Play Script by Stephen Smith

Playing Away
Stephen Smith
Playing Away is a full length comedy for three men and three women, that follows the fortunes of two men forced to share a hotel room prior to a World Cup match between Finland and England. One a drunken womanising sports photographer and the other a naive environmental health officer whose only passion in life is supporting England. They form a bond until the photographer’s wife and daughter turn up causing a bizarre series of misunderstandings with the brother and sister who run the hotel.
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Playing Away: 3M 3F
Synopsis

Playing Away is a comedy set in a hotel room in Helsinki prior to a vital World Cup qualifying match between Finland and England. It follows the fortunes of two men forced to share the same room.

Eddie Holland is a drunken womanising sports photographer who has reluctantly arrived to cover the game when a colleague is taken ill. Lionel Fishpool is an ardent England supporter and environmental health officer whom no-one wants to share with.

Eddie decides to take Lionel under his wing and teach him the ways of the world but gets more than he bargained for and ends up nearly losing his job.

The hotel is run by brother and sister Jarmo and Minna who soon become involve in a bizarre series of misunderstandings when Eddie’s wife Beryl and daughter Joanna unexpectedly arrive to celebrate Joanna’s birthday. Playing Away is a fast moving farce giving great comic acting opportunities for three men and three women. Containing plenty of witty one-liners and hilarious situations, it is based on the author`s own experience of sharing a hotel room with a sports photographer at a World Cup match between Finland and England !
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Specifications

Format: Paperback
Pages: iv,36
Dimensions: A5 (148mm width x 210mm height)
Publisher: Jasper Publishing
Published: 2009
Language: English
ISBN: 978 1 906997 36 6
Keywords

Comedy, Football
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