Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Scenes: 6, Roles: Total (5), Female (1), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

...A rural counterpart to the urban Rents, according to author Michael Wilcox, Accounts touches on the same themes of homosexuality, money, and survival that the former play introduces. As teenage brothers Andy and Donald Mawson cope...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Scenes: 2, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Set in an Edwardian boarding school in Berkshire, that was based on the preparatory school that his own family owned and operated, Michael Wilcox’s Lent is a semi-autobiographical account of boyhood and developing sexuality. As it depicts...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Scenes: 2, Roles: Total (3), Female (1), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...In contrast with Accounts and Lent, Massage presents the confusion of discovering one’s sexuality from the perspective of an adult who is already sexually developed. It tells the story of Tony Dodge, a bicycle builder, and his ambiguous...

Methuen Drama, 1997

Contemporary Dramatists

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Acts: 2, Roles: Total (9), Female (0), Male (9), Unassigned (0)

...In his introduction, Michael Wilcox writes: 'I always thought Rents was about money and survival rather than homosexuality . . . [it] was written in Edinbugh and Newcastle in 1976. That's before we had heard of AIDS and at a time when...