Synopsis
A Bunch of Amateurs
Published by Samuel French
3 Male 4 Female
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village
And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers
Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians
As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
REVIEWS
“Terrific comedy packed with killer comic dialogue... plenty of twists and turns” ~ Whatsonstage
“Deliciously stuffed with Shakespeare...a laugh-a-minute” ~ Mail on Sunday