Serious Money is a satirical play written by Caryl Churchill first staged in London in 1987. Its subject is the British stock market, specifically the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE).
The language of the play features rhyming couplets and scatological humour to create the raucous atmosphere of the trading floor.
The plot follows two stories. In the first, the patrician stockbroker Greville Todd and his two grow...
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Serious Money is a satirical play written by Caryl Churchill first staged in London in 1987. Its subject is the British stock market, specifically the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE).
The language of the play features rhyming couplets and scatological humour to create the raucous atmosphere of the trading floor.
The plot follows two stories. In the first, the patrician stockbroker Greville Todd and his two grown children, Scilla and Jake are enjoying the pleasures of high-stakes wheeling and dealing in exotic securities and in the comforts of the upper class.
The second story line involves corporate raider Billy Corman's attempted hostile takeover of the Albion company from its chairman Duckett, with the assistance of his banker, Zac Zackerman and an exotic pair: Jacinta Condor, a Peruvian businesswoman and her African acquaintance, Nigel Ajibala, Their intermediary is the aforementioned Jake Todd, who soon turns up murdered.
As the plot careens...
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