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A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the 1630s, when women's roles are still played by precocious boys. Up to his eyes in debt, Shank's only hope of escaping destitution is an unpromising 14-year-old would-be, Stephen Hammerton. Can he train up Stephen to be the new star of the London stage?

Nicholas Wright's play Cressida was first performed at the Albery Theatre, London, in 2000, in a production by the Almeida Theatre.



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Cressida

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      Publisher: Nick Hern Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 13/04/2000
      ISBN13: 9781854594549, 978-1854594549
      ISBN10: 1854594540

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.

      John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the 1630s, when women's roles are still played by precocious boys. Up to his eyes in debt, Shank's only hope of escaping destitution is an unpromising 14-year-old would-be, Stephen Hammerton. Can he train up Stephen to be the new star of the London stage?

      Nicholas Wright's play Cressida was first performed at the Albery Theatre, London, in 2000, in a production by the Almeida Theatre.



      Trade Review

      'Delightful, light-minded comedy of manners'

      * Evening Standard *

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