Four Play

Jake Brunger

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781780017181
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: British Drama
• Index: Literature

'Spiders are scary. Terrorists are scary. Cancer is really scary. But… monogamy?'

A comic play about sex and commitment in the 21st century.

Rafe and Pete have hit a rut. After seven-and-a-half blissfully happy years, their lack of sexual experience is driving them apart.

So when they proposition mutual friend Michael to help out with their problems – knowing full well that Michael has his own partner Andrew – what seems like a simple solution quickly spirals out of control.

Jake Brunger's Four Play premiered at Theatre503, London, in February 2016.

One

RAFE, PETE and MICHAEL.

RAFE	So the thing is.
	Okay.
	What the thing is.
	Is that.
	We’ve been together a long time.
	Right?
	Like, seven years?
	(well, seven-and-a-half if we’re actually being specific…)
	We met at university.
	(End of our first year.)
	And we sort of got together in secret at first.
	(Neither of us were actually out at the time.)
	But our relationship blossomed and now…
	Here we are.
	Seven years later.
	(Well, seven-and-a-half if we’re being… specific…)
	And we have good jobs…
	Yes.
	Quite a nice flat.
	(rented, sure, but… one thing at a time…)
	And Pete’s earning money now.
	(I am as well…)
	(not quite as much but…)
	We’re doing alright.
	Is what I’m trying to say.
	[–]
	But the thing is.
	You see.
	What the thing is.
	Is that.
	[–]
	Pete is.
	(And I…)
	We are the only… person.
	(man/boy (whatever)
	That the other one has… b...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Original Production
• Characters
• Note on Text
• Four Play
• About the Author
• Copyright and Performing Rights Information