Public Property (play)

{{Short description|2009 play by Sam Peter Jackson}}

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Public Property is a play by the English playwright Sam Peter Jackson. It is about a news anchor called Geoffrey Hammond, who gets caught in a public sex scandal.[http://www.nt-online.org/53880/theatre-news/public-property-lead-role-to-be-played-by-nigel-harman.html National Theatre, Public Property announcement]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023}}

Public Property ran at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End in 2009 [https://web.archive.org/web/20090726162919/http://www.ambassadortickets.com/1399/677/London/Trafalgar-Studios/Public-Property Trafalgar Studios Public Property Trafalgar Studios, Public Property] starring Nigel Harman, Robert Daws and Steven Webb and was nominated for a 2010 WhatsOnStage Theatregoers' Choice Award{{Cite web |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/central/E8831259874551/Whatsonstage.com+Awards+Nominees+Announced.html |title=WOS Awards Nominees 2010 |access-date=2010-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615160557/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/central/E8831259874551/Whatsonstage.com+Awards+Nominees+Announced.html |archive-date=2011-06-15 |url-status=dead }} as Best New Comedy.

The play was published by Oberon Books.{{cite book

| first= Sam Peter

| last= Jackson

| year= 2009

| title= Public Property

| edition= 1st

| publisher= Oberon Books

| location= London

| pages= 84

| isbn= 978-1-84002-977-2}}

The production was presented by Tara Wilkinson on behalf of Whippet Productions and directed by Hanna Berrigan.[http://www.publicpropertytheplay.com Public Property Official Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119134529/http://www.publicpropertytheplay.com/ |date=2009-11-19 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2023}}

It also featured on-screen cameos by Stephen Fry, Elize du Toit and Natasha Little.