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GILLIAN HANNA
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Gillian Hanna studied at Trinity College Dublin from where she graduated with a First Class degree in Modern Languages. Since then she has worked as an actress and a translator. In 1975 she was a co-founder of the Monstrous Regiment, the touring feminist company with whom she worked extensively for fifteen years. Her book about the company, MONSTROUS ReGIMeNT: A COLLeCTIVe CeLeBRATION is published by Nick Hern Books. Her essay AN AGe OF INNOCeNCe has just been published in Dublin as part of the collection TRINITY TALeS TRINITY COLLeGe IN the SIXTIeS. Translations include: DIALOGUe BeTWeeN A PROSTITUTe AND ONe OF HeR CLIeNTS by Dacia Maraini and Marivaux' the COLONY (both for Monstrous Regiment); AUNT AGGIe's HOOCH by Philippe Gaulier; A DAY AT MY MOtheR's by Charlotte de Turckheim for the West Yorkshire Playhouse; the FAULT LINe by Massimo Bavastro for Croydon Warehouse Theatre; the NORtheRN FOX by Noelle Renaude for the Royal Court Theatre and a new one woman play SAUCe FOR the GOOSe, by Philippe Gaulier. Also TITA LOU by Catherine Anne for the Meeting Ground Theatre Co. DeJAVU by edoarda erba for Croydon Warehouse and three one-act Pirandello plays performed by enter the Spirit Productions at the New end Theatre under the title PIRANDeLLO x 3; DO YOU LOVe Me and GeNOA 01 by Fausto Paravidino for the Royal Court Theatre; BUCCHeTINO (the TALe OF THUMBKIN) for the 2001 LIFT Festival (performed at the Battersea Arts Centre); LeS JUSTeS by Albert Camus for the Gate Theatre London; DON't LOOK TO TOMORROW by Filippo del Corno for the Almeida Opera Project; SONG FOR FALLUJAH by Francesco Niccolini for Croydon Warehouse and eVeN RATS CAN TAP DANCe by Ana Candida de Carvalho Carnera for the 2008 Royal Court Summer Residency. Gillian is currently working on two more plays by edoardo erba: FAMILY FAVOURITeS, and BeFORe HITLeR. She workshopped a version of Pasolini's AFFABULAZIONe with the poet Jamie McKendrick and the director Lucy Bailey for the RNT Studio. She is also translating Fausto Paravidino's STILL LIFe IN A DITCH for the Teatro Ringhiera in Milan. Plays published by Methuen ACCIDeNTAL DeATH OF AN ANARCHIST and Elizabeth: ALMOST BY CHANCe A WOMAN both by Dario Fo; A WOMAN ALONe (one woman plays by Franca Rame and Dario Fo); the NORtheRN FOX by Noelle Renaude.
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Accidental Death Of An Anarchist
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo; translated by Gillian Hanna
1st Produced:
Dartington College, Devon
1979
Organisations:
Belt & Braces
1st Published:
Pluto Press, London, 1980 -
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Alice In Wonderless Land
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo
1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London
04 Feb 1992
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Translation
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XII (1992) Page 0157
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Aunt Aggie's Hooch
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from work by Phillipe Gaulier
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Translation
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Bless Me Father. For I Have Sinned
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo. part of A Common Woman plays by Dario Fo/Franca Rame
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Translation
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol IX (1989) Page 0153
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Bucchettino
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Original Playwright - Claudia Castellucci. From Thumbkin By Charles Perrault. LIFT 2001
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Rafaello SANZi
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adaptation
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XXI (2001) Page 0885
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Cece
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Cece/the Man With the Flower in His Mouth/I'm Dreaming Or Am I?
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Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello
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one act
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Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1602
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Colony, The
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Original Playwright - Marivaux
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Monstrous Reg't
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Translation
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol X (1990) Page 1502
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Coming Home
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo. part of A Common Woman plays by Dario Fo/Franca Rame
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Common Woman, A
Synopsis:
set at the point where reality and ideology rub up against each other, Franca Rame and Dario Fo's monologues are vivid, concise and entertaining comments on the female condition.
- Alex Renton, Independant
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Original Playwright - Franca Rame And Dario Fo. "Bless Me Father For I have Sinned", "the Rape", "Coming Home"
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Monstrous Regiment
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Genre:
three short Plays Translation
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Male: - Female: 1 Other: -
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol IX (1989) Page 0153
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Day At My Mothers, A
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from work by Charlotte de Turckheim
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Dejavu
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A runaway priest warns two lovers of a nuclear accident. Is this just a nightmare? It is, then the truth is even worse.
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Original Playwright - eduardo erba
1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London
21 Nov 1999
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Dialogue Between A Prostitute And One Of Her Clients
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Original Playwright - Dacia Maraini
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Monstrous Reg't
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Don't Look To Tomorrow
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from work by Filippo del Corno
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Almeida Opera Project
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Elizabeth
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo
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Samuel French, London, -
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adaptation
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol VI (1986) Page 1237; http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XI (1991) Page 1361
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Even Rats Can Tap Dance
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from work by Ana Candida de Carvalho Carnera
1st Produced:
Royal Court Summer Residency
2008
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Fault Line, The
Synopsis:
A funny study of mutual delusion
Notes:
from work by Massimo Bavastro
1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London
23 Nov 1996
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Translation
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Fourth Wall
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo. monologues by Dario Fo/Franca Rame
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Monstrous Reg't
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Translation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
Further Reference:
http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol III (1983) Page 0213
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Genoa 01
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from work by Fausto Paravidino
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I'm Dreaming Or Am I?
Synopsis:
Cece/the Man With the Flower in His Mouth/I'm Dreaming Or Am I?
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Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello
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one act
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1602
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Italy
Synopsis:
International writers join up with their British counterparts to bring their experiences to the Royal Court. What is life really like for those living in todays austerity. Daily dispatches from Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain will invade the Jerwood theatre Upstairs. "With unemployment reaching almost 30% in Greece, soup kitchens springing up and immigrants being physically assaulted by Neo-Nazis on a regular basis it seems like the right time to put the lives of those affected by the eurozone crisis centre-stage at the Royal Court. Collaborating with writers from the countries on the frontline of austerity and using a variety of theatrical forms we will bring the PIIGS into the heart of London for a week of tragedy, comedy and rage" - Alexi Kaye Campbell, Playwright
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Fausto Paravidino (Rome), Anders Lustgarten (London), Translated by Gillian Hanna
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short play
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Les Justes
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A play from France. Les Justes, or 'the ones in the right', paints a troubled picture of a group of terrorists in Russia in 1905 attempting to assassinate a powerful aristocrat. they are fighting for freedom from poverty on behalf of their fellow men and beginning the campaign that will become the Russian Revolution. Camus, deeply affected by the political disillusionment which followed the Second World War in France, offers up their motives and those of their enemies, and asks us if intimacy is the only freedom worth the struggle.
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Original Playwright - Albert Camus
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Play/Drama
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Man With the Flower in His Mouth
Synopsis:
Cece/the Man With the Flower in His Mouth/I'm Dreaming Or Am I?
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Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello
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one act
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Medea
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Vulnerable outcaste, jilted lover and scheming sorceress. Without Medea's help, Jason would never have acquired the Golden Fleece, never have arrived safely back to claim his kingdom, never have had the success that followed, never have had his two beautiful sons. Such devotion surely deserves repayment.
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo
1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London
04 Feb 1992
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Translation
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Northern Fox, The
Otto jumps from bed to bed. Mr and Mrs Kuhn are being unfaithful. Maxime is having an affair
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Original Playwright - Noelle Renaud
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Contained in: "Frontline Drama Six New French Plays" published by Methuen 2000 978-0413713308
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Pirandello 3x3
Synopsis:
Cece/the Man With the Flower in His Mouth/I'm Dreaming Or Am I?
Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello
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Rape, The
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo. part of A Common Woman plays by Dario Fo/Franca Rame
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Translation
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Rise And Shine
Synopsis:
It is 6.30 a.m., and the woman has overslept. While her husband Luigi sleeps on, she leaps out of bed, changes the baby's nappy ready for the nursery, panics about the loss of her door-key, and has to change the nappy again. She complains that, while she has a full-time job in the factory, she also has to do all the housework and child care. Luigi, who was spoilt by his mother, is penitent and has said that he will change. As she is about to rush out, she suddenly makes a joyous discovery. . .
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo. Play by Dario Fo/Franca Rame
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1311
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Sauce For the Goose
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from work by Phillipe Gaulier
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Shakespeare's Sisters
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Monstrous Reg't
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Song For Fallujah
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from work by Francesco Niccolini
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Warehouse Theatre Croydon, London
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Tita Lou
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from work by Catherine Anne
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Meeting Ground Theatre Co
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Woman Alone, A
Synopsis:
Locked up in a flat, a solitary woman makes her confession. Amid domestic chores, dodgy phone calls, a sex-mad brother-in-law and a forever screaming baby she tells us the story of how her love for a young student led to her imprisonment at the hands of her jealous husband. Through farce to tragedy, her story propels the audience to its shocking climax.
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Original Playwright - Dario Fo
1st Produced:
Man In The Moon Theatre, London
04 Feb 1992
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1st Published:
Methuen Drama -
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Translation
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Male: - Female: - Other: -
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http://www.Theatrerecord.org/, Theatre Record Vol XII (1992) Page 0157
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