{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2011}} '''''Glass Eels''''' is a play written by Nell Leyshon, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2003. The play has also been performed on stage at the Hampstead Theatre, it is the second part of a planned quartet of Somerset plays covering the four seasons{{Update after|2011|07|13}} the first being the award winning ''Comfort Me with Apples''.<ref>{{cite web | last = Spencer | first = Charles | authorlink = | title = Glass Eels - a whirlpool of emotion | publisher = The Telegraph | date = July 11, 2007 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/07/11/bteels111.xml | accessdate = 2008-08-27}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
The play is set on the Somerset Levels one August, probably on the River Parrett. While it explores a young girl's sexual awakening, and her acceptance of past loss, it also concerns eel fishing and a dying rural way of life.
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Category:Plays by Nell Leyshon Category:2003 plays
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