Frank Lee Speaking
By Mary Benzies
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
60 – 90 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 5+
Female: 5+
Female: 5+
Note
A play for anyone who has ever sat, is sitting or is yet to sit a major exam.
First performance
First performed by SSYT, (Stamford Senior Youth Theatre), at Stamford Arts Centre, Lincolnshire, UK, July 2014.
Synopsis
With only a month to go to the exams, everyone is feeling the pressure. Frank winds his clocks and counts off the days on his carefully designed, fully highlighted revision timetables. This is a race against time in the quest for zero defect. Failure is NOT an option. With his tiny companion Gandalf, by his side, Frank prepares for the “intake of knowledge” and hurtles himself at full speed down the rocky road of revision.
Everyone is caught up in his or her own quest for success and as the lines between revision and reality become blurred, will anyone even notice that Frank’s not at his desk?
Everyone is caught up in his or her own quest for success and as the lines between revision and reality become blurred, will anyone even notice that Frank’s not at his desk?