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Groping for Words archiveThe play looks at Adult Literacy Classes with a touch of humour and a hint of poignancy. Who is Thelma hiding her employer's mail in the wardrobe? Why is George living in the infants school's Wendy house? Why is Kevin inhaling toxic fumes in the gents' toilets? And why is Joyce, a doctor's wife from Streatham, bothering to teach this fractious bunch of no-hopers to read and write? Both funny and cruel, Sue Townsend's play brings together four odd, yet engaging, characters in the improbable setting of an infants school. Each nurses the wounds of past humiliation. But all now have a common purpose: to find the words that will free them form the legacy of their failed education.

Creatives/Company

Author: Sue Townsend
Company: Cats Eye Theatre Company

Groping for Words

Groping for Words (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1247776972. Details of all Groping for Words archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S3482

Archive Listings

22 Jun 02Darwen Library Theatre
Darwen, Lancashire
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31 May 02
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1 Jun 02
Wynd Theatre
Melrose, Scottish Borders
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23 May 02
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24 May 02
Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal, Cumbria
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