The Changing Room
by David Storey

Broadway Off-West End
The Changing Room Book Cover
The Changing Room Cover

Highlights

1970s All Men Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Tony Award

Winner! 1973 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (John Lithgow) Nominee: Four 1973 Tony Awards

Synopsis

Inside the claustrophobic confines of a semi-professional rugby league changing room, players bare their souls and their bodies in David Storey’s gritty, realist drama.

Hailed as “mysterious and mesmerizing” by the New York Times during its original Broadway run, The Changing Room shows you what goes on behind sports’ closed doors.

Press Reviews

"Gritty and grandiose...One of David Storey’s best plays."

— London Times

"David Story's groundbreaking play is enthralling."

— Independent

Characters

Character
Patrick “Patsy” Walter Turner

No.2, Wing

Fielding

No. 10, Forward

“Mic” Morley

No. 13, Forward

“Kenny” Kendal

No. 12, Forward

Luke

the masseur

“Fenny” Gordon Fenchurch

No. 5, Wing

Colin Jagger

No. 3, Center

Trevor

No. 1, Full-back

Walsh

No. 8, Forward

“Sandy” Sanford

the assistant trainer

Barry Copley

No. 7, Scrum-half

Jack Stringer

No. 3, Center

Bryan Atkinson

No. 11, Forward

Billy Spencer

No. 15, Reserve

John Clegg

No. 9, Hooker

Frank Moore

No. 14, Reserve

Clifford Owens

No. 6, Team Captain

Danny Crosby

the Trainer

Tallon

the Referee

Sir Frederick Thornton

the Club Owner

Mackendrick

the Club Secretary

Match Announcer
Harry Riley

the cleaner

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573640070
ISBN-10 0573640076

The Changing Room is a play written by David Storey and published by Samuel French .

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Available for Licensing
Amateur & Professional
Fee: Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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