Doris Day (NHB Modern Plays)

By EV Crowe

Two police officers clash over different expectations of the job.
This play was originally published in the volume Charged, a collection of plays about the lives of women in the criminal justice system, and was commissioned and premiered by Clean Break, a theatre and education company working with women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Release date: Jun 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781780014470

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EV Crowe

DORIS DAY

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Characters

Doris DayEV Crowe

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Doris Day was originally performed as part of Charged, a cycle of six plays produced by Clean Break and first performed at Soho Theatre, London, on 10 November 2010. The cast was as follows:

DORIS DAY

E V Crowe

Characters

DAISY, mid-twenties, white

ANNA, mid-twenties, white

Dialogue in [square brackets] indicates intention, not to be spoken.

Late.

DAISY in pyjamas.

ANNA in half-uniform.

DAISY. I wouldn’t want to do a protest.

ANNA. No.

DAISY. You were