Plays I

by Sue Townsend

Contains five plays:

Womberang / Bazaar and Rummage / Groping for Words / The Great Celestial Cow / The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4

Genres: Plays

350 pages, Paperback

First published August 12, 1996

About the author

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Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend was a British novelist, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. Her writing tended to combine comedy with social commentary, though she has written purely dramatic works as well. She suffered from diabetes for many years, as a result of which she was registered blind in 2001, and had woven this theme into her work.

Reviews

[Charlie Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection is mildly funny and Townsend clearly has a much better grasp of theatrical structure than she self-deprecatingly claims in her introduction. However, the dialogue and comedy have dated considerably in a way that other writers of the period, such as Churchill and Mamet, have not.

[Joe Brewer-Lennon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderfully scripted and the satire is spot-on. It’s a testament to Sue Townsend’s skill as a writer to root out the inequalities of life in 1980s Britain to find (sadly) these stories are still relevant today, forty years later! Her humour doesn’t date either. Absolute uncomfortable bliss!