Blue Remembered Hills

T607602590
Originally written for TV, Dennis Potter's deceptively simple tale relates to the activities of seven West-Country seven-year-olds on a summer afternoon during the Second World War, in a wood, a field and a barn. The children (all played by adult actors) play, fight fantasise and swagger, their aggressions, fears, hostilities and rivalries a microcosm of adult interaction. Easy-going Willie tags along as burly Peter bullies gentle Raymond and is challenged by fair minded John. Plain Audrey is overshadowed by Angela's prettiness and wreaks her angry frustrations on the boys. All of them gang up on the terrified 'Donald Duck' who, abused by his mother and ridiculed by his peers, plays his own dangerous game of pyromania which ends in tragedy.

Author

Dennis Potter

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Archive :: production:T607602590, play:S2597, venue:V719

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Production details

Estimated running time: 1hr 15mins (no interval) This event takes place at Theatre on the Fly - a temporary new space for the next generation of theatre-makers and theatre-goers