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PIERS BECKLEY
Nationality: British
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Christmas Carol, A Gilgamesh Oliver TwistChristmas Carol, A
Synopsis:
there is an ebenezer Scrooge in each of us; it is the lonely part of ourselves that hasn't yet learned that love is a thing to share not own. We have been living too long in a credit Scrooged world and this current, global melt down is the consequence of our ebenezer greed. Using the classic words of Charles Dickens and underscored with traditional and new original carols, 22 actors tell an unforgettable story in a way that you've never seen before; experience this new CHRISTMaS CaROL and be redeemed forever
Notes:
from novel by Charles Dickens
1st Produced:
Lion And Unicorn, London
2009
Organisations:
Giant Olive
1st Published:
http://www.bushgreen.org/
Music:
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Genre:
adaptation Pantomime
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: large cast
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Synopsis:
The King has killed all the enemies of the city-state of Uruk. Having accomplished everything he ever wanted, he spends his time fighting in the streets of the city, and taking the virginity of each new bride before her wedding night. But the Gods, entreated by the citizens of Uruk, have plans for him. Before he can escape his own nature, he will fight the demon Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven, he will learn to love a man and be loved in return, and he will search the world until he discovers the secrets known only by the immortal who lives beyond the waters of death.
Notes:
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1st Produced:
Organisations:
Red Meeple
1st Published:
-
Music:
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Genre:
Verse Drama
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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Top of PageOliver Twist
Synopsis:
Young Oliver's request is one of the things most people associate with Dickens's story but in this adaptation he doesn't get to say it. the action starts a couple of chapters later when the lad is about to be handed over to undertaker Sowerberry (Terence Mustoo). all earlier incidents are simply reported in their conversation which pitches straight into the story in a version which, though inevitably missing out some episodes and detail, sticks closely to the original tale of the orphan boy taken up to be trained in Fagin's school of boy pick-pockets and thieves and of his eventual return to middle class proprieties and an inheritance from a Father he never knew.
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide
- Howard Loxton, British theatre Guide
Notes:
from the novel by Charles Dickens
1st Produced:
Lion And Unicorn Theatre, London
2009
Organisations:
Giant olive
1st Published:
http://www.bushgreen.org/
Music:
-
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Genre:
adaptation
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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