Lingua Franca

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T01631274744 (FINBOROUGH10) Performance Length: Approx. 2hoursCompany Cherub Company London (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Michael Gieleta. Design James Macnamara. Costume Emily Stuart. Performer Chris New. Performer Charlotte Randle. Performer Abigail McKern. Performer Ian Gelder. Performer Enzo Cilenti. Performer Rula Lenska. Performer Natalie Walter.
13 Jul 10 to 7 Aug 10	Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L0912591414

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Play :: Lingua Franca follows innocent abroad, Steven Flowers, as he travels from National Service in South-East Asia to 1950’s Florence. He soon finds himself working for a chaotically-run language school, together with a cosmopolitan muddle of seven foreign misfits killing their post-war nihilism in the cafés of Florence, the cradle of Renaissance high culture. Based around a leading character in Peter Nichols’ acclaimed work Privates on Parade, and inspired by his own experiences, Lingua Franca is a fast-paced, sexually-charged story, and both a damning indictment and a celebration of sexual freedom. Playing with notions of xenophobia and deep-seated cultural stereotypes, nationalist foibles and prejudices clash and sparkle to high comic effect as Steven tries to make sense of his own life and a Europe at peace after so many years of war.

Author

Peter Nichols