RSC Making Mischief

Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier and Always Orange

Somalia Seaton, Fraser Grace

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781786820075
• eBook ISBN: 9781786820082
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literatura
• Subtopic: Arte dramático británico

Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier by Somalia Seaton - a racially-motivated attack on a student forces her teacher to confront the uncomfortable truth lurking beneath the community. Fraser Grace's Always Orange, set in the aftermath of the London terrorist attacks, looking at how to be human in a world always on the edge. The Making Mischief Festival features work from some of today's most exciting playwrights who are challenging and questioning our society. The Festival runs from 27 July to 27 August from The Other Place Studio Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

FALL OF THE KINGDOM, RISE OF THE FOOT SOLDIER

Thank you to Camilla Stanger, Marsha Garrick, Melon, Dad
and many others.

Much gratitude to Pippa Hill, Collette McCarthy and the
entire Literary team.

The force that is Ms Nadia Latif – nuff love.

Foreword

The journey to write this play has been one of mixed emotions.

I don’t have all the answers.

What I do know is this;

We must get angry. We must stay angry. We must get organised.

Anger without strategy is futile.

Above all else we must connect, hear and protect each other.

Silence is not an option. It is in fact complicitness.

We are more powerful than we know.

Collectively.

SS, 2016

Characters

AISHA – Black British – 17, small but mighty. A
leader. Comes from an economically middle-class
family, with working-class roots.

ARCHIE – White English – 41, middle class,
working-class roots. Likes you to know it. Lived
in London much of his life. Originally from just
outside.

HAWKINS – White English – 39. Middle class
from Surrey. Lived in London since graduating
from University.

SHABZ – Pakistani British – 40s. Londoner, born
and raised.

CHORUS – A chorus of 3. Mixed ages, mixed
ethnicities. Should be played be an all-female
chorus or an all-male chorus.

NOTES

Where / appears, an overlap is noted.

Where … Appears at the end of the line it is to
note a line interrupted.

Where … Appears in the middle of lines, it is to
note a character finding their thoughts.

THE CHORUS

Choral lines are to be divided to suit the rhythm
developed by the company.

THE WORLD

Set in London. The belly of our beast.
Heightened and dangerous.

SCENE 1

A time not too far in the future.

Light rain falls.

CHORUS enter holding a large St. George flag. Plant it in the ground.

CHORUS: This is our England!

Red

white

and the blue.

Rain sleet

and hail but her heart’s forever true!

This is our England!

Steak and kidney pies,

mash with bloody gravy and mint sauce!

Where we once knew the name of the man at the chippy

and he knew ya cousin George!

Where Sundays arrive with ya nan stocking you with extra

Yorkshire puds!

Where she married my grandad and gave him seven mucky sorts.

Where he taught my dad how to kick a ball,

and he went on to teach me an’ all.

This is our England!

With summers spent snogging pretty girls in frilly skirts,

getting slapped for putting our hands down Busty Nancy’s pinafore!

Where my mates Ollie and Charlie first got knocked off

their bikes! Where we’d throw conkers at the pikes

and Mum would force us to go back and apologise!

Where the milk man would leave the milk by your front

door and you knew ya postman Mike,

with his wife Tash

and their ugly little shites.

This is our England!

Red

white

and the blue.

Men of wisdom men of honour, our hearts are made of it all!

Where our daughters are ’spos’d to run freely, and our

sons taught to protect them an’ all.

Where our daughte...

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About The RSC
• Production History
• Fall of the Kingdom, Rise of the Foot Soldier
• Always Orange
• On Being Open