In October we will be meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month and, because of the current interest in the film, read Allelujah! by Alan Bennett.
We read this play in 2019! And it is incredibly hard to do as there are so many roles. So we'll just have to read it with great good humour and tolerance! Everyone will need to keep on their toes!
Here's my information from 2019:
Allelujah! is Alan
Bennett's new play which opened in London last year. Unfortunately it
has a cast of thousands (well, 25) which has made it difficult to
prepare for the group. Therefore, I hope you'll bear with me!
Allelujah! by Alan Bennett
Allelujah! is an NHS
drama set in a friendly hospital in rural Yorkshire. Colin, an ambitious local
boy turned metropolitan yuppie, has arrived from London to visit his sick
father and he takes the opportunity to assess the efficiency of the hospital on
behalf of his bosses at the health department in Whitehall. Meanwhile, a TV
crew has found evidence that a staff member is murdering elderly patients to
create vacant beds for new arrivals.
In
reality Allelujah! is a musical and not strictly politically
accurate: the latter I'm going to ignore and the former will also be mentioned
but we will not be singing and I will not be choreographing dance routines!
