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The Fosdyke Saga
By Bill Tidy, Adapted by Alan Plater
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Unit One
Theatre Co.
The Fosdyke
Saga is the magnificent
and tempestuous chronicle of Sir Jos. Fosdyke's rise from humble beginnings to
become history's greatest tripemaster and his attempt, along with his family, to
spread both their tripe empire and the gastronomic 'message of tripe' across the
globe. It is also the story of Roger Ditchley's obsessive, angry and bitter
mission to exact a terrible revenge upon the Fosdykes after his father's
death-bed decision to give the tripeworks to them. These two epic themes
intertwine to provide a rich tapestry depicting a vivid portrait of a family in
peace and war in Britain and the world during the first half of the twentieth
century.
Join us as we travel with them from the gutters of obscure
poverty into untold riches, through World War, prison, rivalry and even more
poverty surviving all the cruel blows that life deals them. Eventually they rise
up again to sing from the rooftops their family song: The Fosdyke Anthem.
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