In ‘The Nap,’ audiences and actors learn the rules of snooker

“The Nap” has come to Broadway with a mission to popularize the sport of snooker. The first challenge: explaining what it is. Simply put, snooker is a version of pool that originated with British officers stationed in India in the late 1800s. Snooker is played on a 12 foot by six foot table, larger than the typical billiards table, and players are awarded points for shooting balls in a specific sequence. The sport later took hold in England, where it was seen as a game for the gentry and those who aspired to join that social order, but it has…