Jack Rosenthal play in Manchester pub

THE BEST, a long-lost screenplay about George Best by Jack Rosenthal, will have its world premiere on stage at the Lass O Gowrie pub in Manchester on Tuesday 12 March, as part of Manchester Irish Festival.

Maureen Lipman welcomed the first ever performance of her late husband’s screenplay The Best, after watching rehearsals at the Lass O’Gowrie.

“I had never even read until two weeks ago, now to watch it being performed by a group of truly gifted actors. It was very moving for me but also very funny and enlightening about the nature of hubris. It’s really good. I didn’t expect to go to a reading of Jack’s play in a pub in Manchester and it turn my heart over. But it did."

Producer and landlord of the Lass O’Gowrie Gareth Kavanagh said: "A lost Jack Rosenthal script about George Best? That's just Manchester royalty squared for us and we're thrilled to be bringing this amazing script back to life in time for the Manchester Irish Festival!"


Tickets: www.wegottickets.com/location/1313
Tel: 0161 273 6932 www.thelass.co.uk @thelassogowrie

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