Patrick Marber has scored a hit with The Red Lion at the National Theatre. Here's a first XI of stage dramas inspired by the beautiful gameAlthough football is England's most popular team game, it has been an infrequent subject for theatre. This is probably because it's hard to make even fit young actors resemble professional athletes; a ball kicked on stage is at risk of hitting the audience; and women and Americans…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AM on June 18, 2015