Got to be Happy
Will be published approx. on 2. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-746-5 (ISBN)
Description
A poignant and tender-hearted play set in a pub kitchen.
When fifty-something Connie starts work in a pub kitchen one sweltering summer, she proves to be the catalyst for change in everyone's lives: Charley, the stubborn cook, is forced to reassess his past; while Richard, the stroppy bar manager, and his waitress girlfriend Caroline, come to realise that they may not be heading for the same future.
Simon Burt's play Got to be Happy was first staged at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2003.
When fifty-something Connie starts work in a pub kitchen one sweltering summer, she proves to be the catalyst for change in everyone's lives: Charley, the stubborn cook, is forced to reassess his past; while Richard, the stroppy bar manager, and his waitress girlfriend Caroline, come to realise that they may not be heading for the same future.
Simon Burt's play Got to be Happy was first staged at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2003.
Reviews / Votes
'A tender study of love, loss and loneliness... a genuinely compassionate play that augurs well for Burt's future' * Guardian * 'Simon Burt has evoked searingly poetic intensities of love... Quite superb' * Evening Standard * 'It's good to find a dramatist who not only writes deft dialogue but takes a romantic view of love. Burt is clearly a Simon to watch' * The Times *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
110 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-746-5 (9781854597465)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Simon Burt is Writer in Residence at the Bush Theatre. Born in 1975, he studied drama at Loughborough University from 1994-97 and with the Royal Court Young Writers Programme in 1999-2000. His first play, Untouchable, was staged at the Bush Theatre last autumn.