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Tom Armstrong undergoes a voyage of sexual
awareness as a boy rating on a cruise ship
in 1955. He is a naïve teenage boy
from the country who has to adapt quickly
to the culture of the ship, where, although
illegal at the time, homosexuality amongst
the crew was a fact of life.
Befriended by two other young stewards,
he learns how to cope with waiting at tables
and how to co-exist with the crew. When
his immature love for a rich American female
passenger is rejected, it leaves him vulnerable
to the advances of Mick who tries to persuade
him that his sexual orientation should be
towards men.
The play climaxes with the (unseen)
rape of Tom by Mick, who, once this is revealed,
is rejected by his homosexual lover, Kane.
Whilst the rest of crew generally tolerate
the ‘queers’ on board, they
decide that Mick has gone too far and enact
their own form of retribution.
The play is based on real events, and is
a fascinating glimpse at the social morés
in place at the time.
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| Principals (7m, 4f) |
| Tom : a northern
teenager, the central character. |
‘Chalkie’
: quick-witted Liverpudlian teenager. |
| ‘Goldie’
: Chalkie’s mate, slower on the up-take. |
| Mick : 30’s,
from Londonderry. |
| Steiner :
40’s, the restaurant manager. |
| Angie : early
20’s, an American passenger. |
| Kane : 50’s,
a power in the ship’s homosexual community. |
| Tom’s Mother
: 40’s, with middle class pretensions. |
| Vera : Tom’s
working class girlfriend at home. |
| Japanese Girl
: a prostitute in Kobe. |
| Mack : a
Glaswegian hard case on the chain gang. |
| Support
(2m) |
| 1st Steward |
| 2nd Steward |
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Royalties
Royalty fees are payable for each
performance given to an audience.
Obtain a quotation by either completing
the Application at the Credit Card payment
Checkout, or this Online
Application Form or mail-in our
printed Application
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Amateur Groups :
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£ 50.00 |
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Colleges
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£
50.00 |
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