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Benedict Andrews: Collected Plays
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Benedict Andrews is an internationally renowned theatre and opera director, a film-maker and a poet. This volume presents the first collection of original plays by a theatre-maker at the top of his game. Includes the plays Like A Sun, Every Breath, The Stars, Geronimo and Gloria. Introduction by Marius von Mayenburg.
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GLORIA
Gloria will premiere at Griffin Theatre, Sydney, on 3 September, 2016, with the following cast:
GLORIA | Marta Dusseldorp |
JARED | Meyne Wyatt |
DEREK / MAN | Huw Higginson |
MADDIE / THE GIRL | Chloe Baylis |
CASSIE / WOMAN | Kristy Best |
PAUL | Louis Fontaine / Max Phillips |
CLIENT / MAN 2 / KIP / CLIENT | Pierce Wilcox |
Directed by Lee Lewis
Associate Director Ben Winspear
Set and costume design by Sophie Fletcher
Lighting design by Luiz Pampolha
A/V design by Toby Knyvett
Sound design by Steve Toulmin
Photographer and Videographer Brett Boardman
Characters
GLORIA, late 40s
JARED, teenager, then 20s
DEREK / MAN, 40 something
MADDIE / THE GIRL, 12
CASSIE / WOMAN, mid-20s
PAUL, 6 or 7
CLIENT / MAN 2 / KIP / MAN / AD, around 30
One.
Living room. Night. A woman sits watching TV. Sound on mute. A small boy beside her. He might be a doll. Or not. Nothing for a while. The woman walks to the kitchen, opens the fridge, stares inside. Finally, she pours a glass of milk which the boy drinks, still watching the television. When heās finished, she rinses the glass and puts it in the dishwasher. She takes a kitchen knife from the drawer and sits beside the boy. He snuggles into her and she strokes his hair. They watch television. The woman cradles the boy. She kisses his head. Stares at the television. A sound like all the air being sucked from a room. TV flickering.
Black.
1.
The apartment.
JARED At night when I canāt sleep, I walk through the rooms. Feet quiet on the carpet. The refrigerator hums. Our house is a stage set and Iām the only living character. The others are puppets. Made of wood, cloth and porcelain. Faces painted on. They lie in their beds attached to strings, snoring, mumbling, farting, until the string jerks and up they get to play their parts. That weird glow. Is it moonlight? Or glare from the city? Donāt care anymore. I walk the halls. Open fridge. Drink juice. Pick at leftovers. Not hungry but do it anyway. All that stuff in plastic and foil. Half-eaten. Cold. Balcony. The city lights stop where the sea begins. Points of orange float in the black. Freighters anchored offshore. Out there Iād sleep. On a bunk. In a cabin. Rocked by swell. One day Iāll leave and see the world by ship. Iāll work hard and when day is done, the throbbing of the engines will comfort my sleep. Down in the hull. Cocooned. I walk through our cold, blue rooms. Iām the only real character. The others ...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Like a Sun
- Every Breath
- The Stars
- Geronimo
- Gloria