Something that Happened Just South of Solitude

Characters

Ceri
A disillusioned and disaffected teenager from Mid Wales who is being forced to study Of Mice and Men. As the play progresses she slips in and out of the part of Curley's Wife

Steinbeck
John Steinbeck as he is writing the novella. The characters pour from his imagination. He slips in and out of the roles of The Boss, Slim, Curley, Candy and Crooks.

George
George of the Novella. Argues with Steinbeck about the course of the plot, but is constrained to what Steinbeck writes.

Lennie
Lennie of the Novella, George's simple companion.

Scenes

A riverbank, a bunkhouse, a cornfield, a barn

Scenario

Something that Happened is a study of the writing of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. An unruly teenager, Ceri, forced to study the book meets Steinbeck whilst he is writing it. The characters pour from his imagination, and the Girl is drawn into the drama, finally taking on the part of Curley's Wife. A full length play, it was designed as part of a days workshop for Secondary Schools looking at issues raised by Of Mice and Men

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