GORDON BENNETT   


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Plays by Gordon Bennett

GORDON BENNETT
God of Laughter
1st Produced:
Eastern University, PA
2000
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Historical Drama, 2 Act
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Parts:
Male
6
Female
4
Parts Other:
or 6m 6f
Notes: won the 2003 full-length play award from Christians in Theatre Arts in their national competition.
Synopsis: God of Laughter is a historical drama about the celebrated comedian Moliere, his life and times in 17th Century France. By turns interspersed with hilarity, confrontation, pathos, desperation, and reconciliation, the play offers an arresting look backstage into Moliere's relationships, and we see him creating his own works out of life experience. The two acts cover the last 15 years of his life, and we find that, besides the flesh and blood antagonists that plagued him, time itself becomes a major obstacle for this most ambitious and talented satirist. The supreme irony of Moliere dying of TB following the fourth performance of The Imaginary Invalid in which he takes the role of a hypochondriac, along with a riveting deathbed scene involving his wife Armande and her lover Baron as well as a "visit" from his old friend and mentor, Madelaine Bejart, makes for a powerful denoument.
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GORDON BENNETT
Verily
1st Produced:
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1st Published:
Pioneer Drama Service
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Genre:
Short Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Verily, a short two-act drama, concerns two psychotic individuals and their two counselors. Both patients are delusional: Jerome believes himself to be Judas Iscariot and Marla, Mary Magdalene. The setting is a mental institution, and the counselors have brought them together, hoping that if they act out their biblical roles it may provoke some kind of self-awareness and change their conditions. Remarkable things do happen as they interact in the biblical settings, prompted by their counselors, and ultimately they find a redemptive forgiveness that promises to change their lives.This is arresting drama, not without humor, and with flashbacks and surreal elements that community theatres and more advanced church drama groups will find challenging.
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