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Anthony Horowitz Price: $8.50

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The UK's National Theatre commissioned acclaimed novelist, screenwriter and playwright Anthony Horowitz to write a play for young people and the result is this one-act comedy-drama which is both funny and poignant for a cast of six ...

A group of young people are rehearsing The Importance of Being Earnest but, as they attempt to perform a play which is alien to them, it becomes apparent that their surroundings are not normal

Gradually, as tensions mount, squabbles ensue and each young person's story starts to emerge, the location is found to be an institution � reinforced by the final grim, chilling echoes of doors slamming and being locked

Characters

Rose, also Lady Bracknell
George, also Jack Worthing
Allan, also Algernon Moncrieff
Specs, also Algernon
Gwendolen
Jack
Cecily
Irene also Gwendolen
Kinsey also Lane