Hard Fruit Author:Jim Cartwright From the author of Road and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice comes a new play about life in the North. Sump and Choke are the Little and Large of the local pub. They are friends who have bonded together though a shared passion for the martial arts. What happens to them during their bonding exercises surprises them both. Jim Cart... more »wright's comic drama looks at two northern, hard men and explores the idea of masculinity in an age when every certainty is in doubt. Hard Fruit premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in March 2000.« less