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CHRISTOPHER CONSANI (1944 - )
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Born in Cape Town, S.a., in 1944, this professional actor and playwright won, in 1979, the Walter Battiss award for Outstanding artistic achievement for his role as Vincent van Gogh. He was also the founder arid co-director of the aastel Playwright of the Year award. He is now a permanent resident of the USA.
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Razumov Vincent - The Lark And The CrowRazumov
Synopsis:
5 players must double for important dramatic function, set minimal, projected visuals for opening/closing sequence] Razumov is unwittingly made an accomplice in Victor Haldin's assassination of the despotic Tsarist Minister for State. In his desperation, he secretly informs on Haldin who is executed. His prestige with revolutionaries is high and is further enhanced by the heads of security who send him to spy on a Geneva revolutionary group. There, Razumov meets Haldin's sister and his betrayal is made more insupportable when he falls in love with her. The climax is shattering
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Nico Malan Theatre, Cape Town 1984
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Male: 8 Female: 5 Other: doubling
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Synopsis:
This work is a dramatization of the artist's last hours with flashbacks to major crises. The action moves forward relentlessly to the suicide. There is much new material, revealing van Gogh as a more charged and complex person than previously depicted.
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Produced Edinburgh Festival, 1979; for six seasons in S.a.; British tour, 1980; NYC, 1981; play has developed over six years And nearly 500 performances with constant research And reevaluation.
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Male: 1 Female: - Other: 2-3 character adaptation possible
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