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At a Friday-night staff dance in Paisley in 1957, former slab boys Phil and Spanky arrive after Phil has lost his job, while their old workplace acquaintances gather in the town hall. Hector, newly promoted but still a target of their jokes, stabs himself during a confrontation; the play ends with Spanky affirming his hopes for the future.
The first act takes place on a winter morning in 1967, after Hector’s burial, as Phil and Spanky reminisce about their factory days; Spanky is now a rock star and married to Lucille. The second act is set five years later, after Phil’s mother has been buried, with Lucille now married to Phil.
Set in the Slab Room of a Paisley carpet manufacturer on a Friday in 1957, the play follows apprentice designers Phil, Spanky, and Hector as they banter through the workday. Phil faces rejection from art school and dismissal from the factory, while the group’s teasing of Hector culminates in a failed attempt to prepare him for a staff dance.
This three-play cycle follows young working-class Scots from a Paisley carpet factory and its staff dance in 1957 into their later lives in 1967 and 1972. It traces the changing fortunes of Phil, Spanky, Hector and Lucille.
At a Friday-night staff dance in Paisley in 1957, former slab boys Phil and Spanky arrive after Phil has lost his job, while their old workplace acquaintances gather in the town hall. Hector, newly promoted but still a target of their jokes, stabs himself during a confrontation; the play ends with Spanky affirming his hopes for the future.
The first act takes place on a winter morning in 1967, after Hector’s burial, as Phil and Spanky reminisce about their factory days; Spanky is now a rock star and married to Lucille. The second act is set five years later, after Phil’s mother has been buried, with Lucille now married to Phil.
Set in the Slab Room of a Paisley carpet manufacturer on a Friday in 1957, the play follows apprentice designers Phil, Spanky, and Hector as they banter through the workday. Phil faces rejection from art school and dismissal from the factory, while the group’s teasing of Hector culminates in a failed attempt to prepare him for a staff dance.
This three-play cycle follows young working-class Scots from a Paisley carpet factory and its staff dance in 1957 into their later lives in 1967 and 1972. It traces the changing fortunes of Phil, Spanky, Hector and Lucille.