Overview
Show
Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Child, Early Teen
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
West Country, England, 1939
Length
Short
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Context
Zach is an evacuee in the village of Little
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William? That’s wizard! Will Shakespeare and all that. To be or not to be, that’s indigestion! Ha! Sorry I nearly finished you off--Uncle Ozzie lets me ride his son’s bike--the one he had as a child. Haven’t quite mastered it. Tell me, Will, is this your first visit to the country? It’s not mine exactly, you know, the odd holiday with the parents, but this is the first time I’ve actually sort of lived in the country. I expect you think I’m a bit forward.
_David Wood, Goodnight Mister Tom, Samuel French Acting Edition, 2014, p.35 _
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