The Full Monty

by Simon Beaufoy

In 1997, a BAFTA award-winning British film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose took the world by storm. And now they're back, live on stage, only for them, it really has to be The Full Monty.

Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning writer of the film, has now gone back to Sheffield where it all started to rediscover the men, the women, the heartache and the hilarity of a city on the dole.

The Full Monty was the winner of the UK Theatre Best Touring Production award 2013.

Genres: Plays, Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Simon Beaufoy is a British screenwriter.

Reviews

[Jane]

One of the local theatre groups is producing this play and I've been cast in it. When the film came out I loved it. I think it will work well on the stage and looking forward to being a part of it.

[Ashleigh]

A bit outdated

[MelonFarmer89]

It's not hard to see why this screenplay was picked up for a movie. Besides the brilliant true story behind it, the script itself is perfect. It's well paced, funny, moving and sharp. The script arguably deconstructs men and male vulnerabilities more than the movie and more than I've ever read before hands down. There are a couple of interesting scenes that were cut from the finished film that did deserve to be cut but are still impactful on the page. Something that comes across in the script more than the film is the importance of the setting, the Sheffield locations and dialect, beats of speech is one of the best things, it's superb. Great read.

[Trent]

A wonderful play. It is set in the UK, so most of the dialogue is in the common dialect, but the plot is very similar to the movie, and the characters are a wonderful read.

[evangeline]

[SCREENPLAY]

It really is one of the best British films ever written.

Flawless dialogue, hilarious story, touching and emotional themes, and an epic ending.