Our play for July was “The Golden Legion of Cleaning Women”. This was written by Alan Hopgood, an Australian playwright.
The play is set in three acts, with nine parts. As is often the case in the middle of the year, several class members were missing. With only six people we were still able to share the roles so that everyone had a good turn reading the play.
The comedy deals with a group of cleaning women who decide to battle with the big business executives in their office block. Reading information thrown in wastepaper baskets proves invaluable in their quest for revenge. The strength of the ‘League’ is in the secrecy – no-one can know what they are doing. They do have some support from the downtrodden son of one of the executives. But when he appears to be about to tell others of the work, they close down the league, giving all their financial gains to charity.
The play is set in three acts, with nine parts. As is often the case in the middle of the year, several class members were missing. With only six people we were still able to share the roles so that everyone had a good turn reading the play.
The comedy deals with a group of cleaning women who decide to battle with the big business executives in their office block. Reading information thrown in wastepaper baskets proves invaluable in their quest for revenge. The strength of the ‘League’ is in the secrecy – no-one can know what they are doing. They do have some support from the downtrodden son of one of the executives. But when he appears to be about to tell others of the work, they close down the league, giving all their financial gains to charity.
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A fun play, enjoyed by the class.
Joy Shirley
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