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Rattle of a Simple Man

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Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

at Lyceum Theatre, Oldham

Reviewed by Matthew Dougall February 2018

 

This was written in the first years of the 1960s when politically and socially Britain was coming out of its shell and finding a voice after a decade or so of poverty and rationing after the war. Charles Dyer capitalises on both the repressed and tight-mannered morals of the day and the move towards a more tolerant and free 'Swinging Sixties' society, and juxtaposes these nicely in the form of a 40-something Northern virgin and a confident and experienced London prostitute.


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