Master's Boy

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T01872644747 (OVAL05) Running time 1hr 10minsProducer Oval House. Director Sean Duffy.
18 May 05 to 4 Jun 05	The Oval House, Inner London :: V239 listing details L0532804689

Details

Play :: The simmering obsessive lust of Strindberg's Miss Julie for her serving man Jean is translated by Phil Willmott into a sultry gay master, servant encounter. For a few chaotic days in 1926 Britain's working class went on strike and the upper class youths took over the jobs they'd abandoned. In The Master's Boy, a blistering sexual power struggle ensues between a striker and the wealthy young man attempting to drive his bus. The play is both a fascinating period piece and an exploration of gay lust and love as a weapon of subjugation.

Author

Phil Willmott