Diary of a Nobody (NHB Modern Plays)

by Hugh Osborne (Adapted by), George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith

Overview

Charles Pooter of Upper Holloway, a middle-class clerk with social aspirations far beyond his status, has decided the world deserves to hear his diary. He has one night, a troupe of actors and an empty stage to impart the woes of his humdrum existence to anyone who will listen.

A four-person, all-male cast plays all characters in this frantic, high-energy adaptation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848424043
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	10/03/2017
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

George and Weedon Grossmith were brothers, best remembered for their 1892 comic novel, The Diary of a Nobody, which they co-authored, with illustrations by Weedon. George Grossmith was also famous as a music hall performer (he created a series of memorable characters in the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan), and as a writer and composer.

Hugh Osborne is a former university lecturer, now an actor and writer. He has appeared in numerous tours and West End shows, and his adaptation of Diary of a Nobody was a hit when it premiered at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, in 2011.