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Showcase

Lisa Lintott

“KEN: Oh you do do you? (Frankie looks at him straight in the eyes and nods) But the rules are the rules and they say you need to be eleven to get into that ring and there’s nothing I can do about that. And as time waits for no man Frankie you’ll have to run along now.(Frankie stays put and just stares at Ken with a certain need in his eyes. Ken looks at him a little baffled.)

Do you know what it takes to become a great boxer Frankie? (Frankie shrugs his shoulders) Listening and doing, doing everything you’re told.”

From ‘Going for Gold’– included in the showcase

“Going for Gold is my first play and it required a special kind of motivation. Inspired by the story of Frankie Lucas, a middleweight boxer from the 1970’s, I wrote the play as a vehicle for my son, an actor of mixed heritage, who was just not getting seen for auditions. I knew Frankie as a kid, when I worked in my Mum’s corner shop next to his boxing gym and he came to my mind when I was asked to write a short story about food for my life writing course.” From the Introduction