The Nap

by Richard Bean

Dylan isn't your typical snooker player. He's a vegetarian, for starters. This is the biggest week of his life and everybody wants a piece of him – his ex-con Dad, local gangster Waxy Chuff and the snooker corruption squad.

The Nap is a laugh out loud comedy thriller about love, honour and not getting snookered. It centres around Dylan Spokes, a professional snooker player, born and raised in Sheffield. Dylan is preparing for a big match, but not only are his friends and family getting in the way, but he is visited by police investigating match fixing.

The Nap is a farce by award-winning playwright, Richard Bean, with plenty of sharp lines, jokes and an array of hilarious characters. The play includes a live snooker match, with comic commentary. It opened at the Sheffield Crucible in 2016 and later on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Genres: Plays

112 pages, Paperback

Published April 11, 2017

Reviews

[stephie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun play set in England. About a snooker/billiards champ & the people around him. One of the rare fun, happy endings in theater.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-paced and temporarily exciting, this was a fun read.
Just wish all of the characters could have been a bit more developed and relatable.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely hilarious romp through the world of Snooker, illegal betting, an f***ed up family, true love (?), and the poor Snooker hopefully stuck in the middle of it all!