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Martin Crimp

MARTIN CRIMP   (1956 - )

Nationality:   British    Email:   n/a   Website:   n/a

Literary Agent:  Judy Daish Associates Ltd  

Martin Crimp was born in 1956. His plays include Three Attempted Acts (1985), Dealing with Clair (1988), Play with Repeats (1989), No One Sees the Video (1991), Getting Attention (1992), The Treatment (1993, winner of the John Whiting Award), Attempts on her Life (1997) and The Country (2000). He has translated or adapted work by Ionesco (The Chairs, 1997), Genet (The Maids, 1999) and Moliere (The Misanthrope, 1996).His work in the UK has been produced by the Orange Tree Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the RSC, the Young Vic and the Royal Court, where he was writer-in-residence in 1997. In New York his work has been seen at the Public Theater and the Classic Stage Company, as well as on Broadway.

Plays by Martin Crimp

MARTIN CRIMP

Advice to Iraqi Women

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

19 Nov 2003

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Parts:

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Female

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Parts other:

-

Notes:

part of A ROYAL WELCOME readings to celebrate the visit of George W Bush

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1593


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MARTIN CRIMP

Attempts On Her Life

1st Produced:

Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9ND >>>

06 Mar 1997

Company:

Royal Court

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8253

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

6

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

also performed as (Welsh translation by Owen Martell. Sherman Cymru presents a new, bold Welsh language production, with live music from the Acid Casuals, as part of this year's National Eisteddfod in Bala. Ceisio'i Bywyd Hi is a series of scenes, monologues, songs and negotiations between unnamed characters, that tell a story. . .that conjures a woman, referred to as Ann, who at various times is a an urban terrorist, a proud mother, a humanitarian worker, a scientist, a porn star, an artist and even a brand new model of a car. And yet she never appears. The result is a modern-day fable - a tragic comedy for our time. From material greed to unconditional self-sacrifice, from unprotected sex to religious fundamentalism, this is a provocative vision of a world of fear, detachment and alienation and a poignant portrayal of contemporary obsessions. 2009)

Synopsis:

Martin Crimp's coolly European meditation in 17 scenes on a woman, also called Anne - who may be a terrorist on the run, or an artist who has turned her suicide attempts into her art, or a traveller who has her photo taken by millionaires' swimming pools and in slums, or a woman whose children have been slaughtered in civil war, or even a child herself - is not an easy text for any director. And particularly not for one right at the start of her career and without lots of resources. Lyn Gardner, Guardian

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 0311; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0960; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 1349; Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 0309


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MARTIN CRIMP

British Summer Time Ends

1st Produced:

- - -

1980

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#62191

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

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MARTIN CRIMP

Ceisio'i Bywyd Hi

1st Produced:

Cardiff: Sherman Theatre, Wales, EUR >>>

03 Feb 2009

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

play with music

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Translation Owen Martell

Synopsis:

Sherman Cymru presents a new, bold Welsh language production, with live music from the Acid Casuals, as part of this years National Eisteddfod in Bala. Ceisioi Bywyd Hi is a series of scenes, monologues, songs and negotiations between unnamed characters, that tell a story&that conjures a woman, referred to as Ann, who at various times is a an urban terrorist, a proud mother, a humanitarian worker, a scientist, a porn star, an artist and even a brand new model of a car. And yet she never appears. The result is a modern-day fable - a tragic comedy for our time. From material greed to unconditional self-sacrifice, from unprotected sex to religious fundamentalism, this is a provocative vision of a world of fear, detachment and alienation and a poignant portrayal of contemporary obsessions.

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MARTIN CRIMP

Chairs, The

1st Produced:

Bath: Theatre Royal Usinov, Sawclose, Bath, BA1 1ET >>>

21 Oct 1997

Company:

Theatre de Complicite

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

extras

Notes:

Original Playwright - Eugene Ionesco

Synopsis:

In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered stories

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 1521; Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 1424


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MARTIN CRIMP

City, The

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London >>>

24 Apr 2008

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber Ltd, London (2008) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571240111

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Martin Crimp

"And I know what you're thinking: you're thinking it must be pretty easy to kill people who are simply clinging on to life. But the people clinging on to life are the most dangerous people of all." Clair wants to be kissed - but not now - and certainly not by her husband. Chris wants to celebrate his new job by driving into the oncoming traffic. Jenny arrives to complain about the screaming children - but the garden's empty, and the key to the playroom's disappeared. Just what strange game is being played here? Three characters fight to make sense of a surreal and collapsing world in this darkly comic mystery.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXVIII (2008) Page 0482; Theatre Record Vol XXX (2010) Page 0207


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MARTIN CRIMP

Clang

1st Produced:

- - -

1980

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#62190

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-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MARTIN CRIMP

Country, The

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

11 May 2000

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2000

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

1

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Who is the comatose woman Richard has found on the roadside? Why has he brought her into his house? Exactly who is telling the truth and who is lying? Martin Crimp's play is a spare and glitteringly written dissection of desire and despair.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XX (2000) Page 0616; Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 08 Page 430; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0830; Theatre Record Vol XXVIII (2008) Page 0614; Theatre Record Vol XXX (2010) Page 1108; Theatre Record Vol XXXI (2011) Page 0430


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MARTIN CRIMP

Cruel And Tender

1st Produced:

Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LZ >>>

04 May 2004

Company:

Wiener Festwochen

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2004

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

5

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Sophocles, adapted from Trachiniae

Synopsis:

Far away a battle rages and an entire city is turned to dust. Amelia can't sleep. She waits for news of her husband. He's a great general and this seems to be a decisive victory. But when the motives for the war start to look disturbingly personal, his wife becomes desperate to hold on to his love. Martin Crimp's new play takes Sophocles' ancient story of marriage and violence - 'The Trachiniae' - and propels it into a modern world of political hypocrisy and emotional terrorism

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0632; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 1061


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MARTIN CRIMP

Dealing With Clair

1st Produced:

Orange Tree, Richmond, UK >>>

14 Oct 1988

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nick Hern Books, London, 1988

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Claire, a young estate agent introduces couple to rich purchaser, but he is only after Claire

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol VIII (1988) Page 1443; Theatre Record Vol XXI (2001) Page 0198; Theatre Record Vol XXV (2005) Page 0565


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MARTIN CRIMP

Definitely The Bahamas

1st Produced:

Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SA >>>

25 Sep 1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber Ltd, London (2012) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571290826

Music:

-

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Genre:

short play

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

BBC Radio 3 broadcast April 1987

Martin Crimp

In Definitely the Bahamas, Frank and Milly relish the visits of Michael, their charming and successful only child. But what exactly is his relationship to the young student living in their house?

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 1253


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MARTIN CRIMP

Face To The Wall

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London >>>

12 Mar 2002

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2002

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8258

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Genre:

Short Play One Act

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

truth - Frank and Milly relish the visits of Michael, their charming and incredibly successful only child. But what exactly is his relationship to the young student living in their house? Originally produced by BBC Radio 3, then staged at the Orange Tree, directed by Alec McCowen, this is one of he first plays in which we can recognise Martin Crimp's distinctive voice.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXII (2002) Page 0330; Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 1056


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MARTIN CRIMP

False Servant, The

1st Produced:

National Theatre, Cottesloe, South Bank, London. SE1 9PX >>>

26 May 2004

Company:

National Theatre, London >>>

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2004

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Marivaux

Synopsis:

"For a writer often thought of as coldly mathematical, there is something strangely unresolved about this particular Marivaux play. Everything hinges on a young woman's disguise as a chevalier, ostensibly to witness first-hand the mercenariness of a potential husband, Lelio. Having befriended the monstrous Lelio, she agrees to rescue him from the marital clutches of a middle-aged countess by wooing the lady herself. Her apparent aim is to protect the countess's money and expose Lelio's deviousness. But is that her actual motive? Marivaux's real preoccupation is erotic power and the fluidity of gender. Unlike the Rodgers and Hammerstein heroine who enjoyed being a girl, Marivaux's protagonist clearly relishes being a man. She stresses her attractiveness, is ready to fight a duel with Lelio and, in two extraordinary seduction scenes, reduces the countess to grovelling humiliation. She may, in Crimp's witty translation, sardonically announce, "I see blood on a regular basis," but she is driven by an androgynous narcissism that links her with the cross-dressing Dietrich and Hepburn heroines of 20th-century cinema. ", Guardian

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0714


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MARTIN CRIMP

Fewer Emergencies

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

08 Sep 2005

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2005

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Three Short Plays One Act

Parts:

Male

2

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Whole Blue Sky, Face To The Wall, Fewer Emergencies

Synopsis:

Things are definitely looking up - brighter light - more frequent boating - more confident smile - things are improving day by day - who ever would've guessed?' Fewer Emergencies involves four voices, three stories, two songs and a rodent called Bobby.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXV (2005) Page 1146; Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 1056


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MARTIN CRIMP

Four Attempted Acts

1st Produced:

Orange Tree, Richmond, UK >>>

15 Oct 1984

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8260

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Genre:

one acts

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

four one act plays: Appreciation of Music, Making Love, Suicide, Taking Love

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol IV (1984) Page 0920


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MARTIN CRIMP

Getting Attention

1st Produced:

Leeds: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UP >>>

06 Mar 1991

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nick Hern Books, London, 1991

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8261

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

4

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Devastating probe into the problems of child abuse

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XI (1991) Page 0294; Theatre Record Vol XI (1991) Page 0600


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MARTIN CRIMP

Gross und Klein (Big and Small)

1st Produced:

Sydney Theatre Company

19 Nov 2011

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

translation

Parts:

Male

8

Female

6

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

Original Playwright - Botho Strauss. English text by Martin Crimp

Synopsis:

In a journey across contemporary Germany, Cate Blanchett features in this delicately surreal play. Whisking us down a rabbit hole and into a wonderland-like world, Gross und Klein transports us to a hotel dining room in Morocco where Lotte (Blanchett) sits alone. Courageously optimistic and perpetually disappointed Lotte is in constant search for human connection. She is rejected by her husband, unrecognised by old friends and unfamiliar with her family. Whether she is outside a window peeping in or buzzing on an unanswered intercom this iconic protagonist never quite fits. Like Carrolls Alice, sometimes Lotte is too big for her surroundings and sometimes too small to be noticed within them.

Further Reference:

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MARTIN CRIMP

Hung Over - 10 Playwrights Respond to the 2010 Election

1st Produced:

Theatre Local, Elephant and Castle, London

22 Jun 2010

Company:

Royal Court

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#138027

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Genre:

10 min play

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Ten of Britains leading playwrights respond to the 2010 General Election. Five nights of ten minute short plays at Theatre Local, Elephant and Castle. Tue 22 & Thu 24 June at 7pm featuring plays by April de Angelis, Tim Crouch, Michael Wynne, Dipo Agboluaje and Leo Butler. Wed 23 & Fri 25 June at 7pm featuring plays by Alia Bano, Michael Bhim, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Martin Crimp and Emma Crowe. Sat 26 June at 7pm featuring all plays by the ten writers. Hung Over takes place as part of Rough Cuts, the Royal Courts annual season of work-in-progress, experimental pieces, readings and shorts. Rough Cuts emerges from the year-round activities of the Studio, providing an opportunity for emerging and established artists to develop ideas collaboratively, experimentally and informally.

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MARTIN CRIMP

Into the Little Hill

1st Produced:

Oxford: Playhouse, Beaumont Street, Oxford, UK, OX1 2LW >>>

22 Feb 2009

Company:

Opera Group

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#27421

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Genre:

short opera

Parts:

Male

-

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A faceless stranger arrives in town and agrees to exterminate its plague of rats; but when the Mayor refuses to pay up, his actions have terrible repercussions. A gripping version of The Pied Piper fable

Further Reference:

-


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MARTIN CRIMP

Iron Rice Bowl, The

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS >>>

12 Jun 2011

Company:

Human Rights Watch

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#138116

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Genre:

sketch

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Part of Behind The headlines. Including a new sketch by Martin Crimp and performances from Khalid Abdalla, Tunji Lucas, Helen McCrory, Thandie Newton, Sophie Okonedo and two principal dancers of the Rambert Dance Company. With music performances from Chartwell Dutiro and Randolph and Byron. Artists supporting the evening include Anish Kapoor and Ai Wei Wei.

Synopsis:

A truly unique and inspiring evening of theatre, dance, music, art, comedy and the classics, representing the work of Human Rights Watch.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXXI (2011) Page 0628


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MARTIN CRIMP

Jewish Wife, The

1st Produced:

Young Vic Theatre, London >>>

29 Mar 2007

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#58964

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. Part of The Big Brecht Fest: Brecht Double Bill 1 Literal translation by Simon Scardifield

Synopsis:

Berlin - the city of Jews. A woman reassures her friends and packs her life into a suitcase.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 0388


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MARTIN CRIMP

Kind Of Arden, A

1st Produced:

Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SA >>>

25 Sep 1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#8262

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Genre:

short play

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 1253


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MARTIN CRIMP

Living Remains

1st Produced:

London

1982

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#8263

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

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MARTIN CRIMP

Love Games

1st Produced:

Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SA >>>

09 Apr 1982

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#8264

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

adapted by Martin Crimp and Howard Curtis from work by Jerzy Przedziecki

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol II (1982) Page 0181


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MARTIN CRIMP

Maids, The

1st Produced:

Young Vic Theatre, London >>>

01 Jul 1999

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1999

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

3

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Jean Genet

Synopsis:

the fantasies of two maids who are sisters as they enact their vicious charade

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 0859; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0482; Theatre Record Vol XXV (2005) Page 0022


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MARTIN CRIMP

Misanthrope, The

1st Produced:

Cottier Theatre, Glasgow

11 Sep 1997

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber Ltd, London (2010) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571259519

Music:

-

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#8266

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

8

Female

2

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Moliere

Martin Crimp

comedy of manners centres on highly principled man who cannot bring himself to temper the truth with tact

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XVI (1996) Page 0205; Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 1220; Theatre Record Vol XXII (2002) Page 0234; Theatre Record Vol XXIX (2009) Page 1340


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MARTIN CRIMP

No One Sees The Video

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

27 Nov 1990

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nick Hern Books, London, 1991

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8267

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

A report on the consumer age, cool, hard, and ferociously funny" Observer

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol X (1990) Page 1593


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MARTIN CRIMP

One More Wasted Year

1st Produced:

Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9ND >>>

18 Nov 1997

Company:

Royal Court

1st Published:

in Frontline Drama 6: New French Plays, Methuen, London, 1998

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#62189

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Genre:

translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Christophe Pellet

Synopsis:

Two young men in their late twenties hang around in bars but already are too old for the youth generation.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 1501


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MARTIN CRIMP

Pains Of Youth

1st Produced:

National Theatre, London, EUR >>>

28 Oct 2009

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber 2009

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571255641

Music:

-

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

1

Female

5

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Ferdinand Bruckner

Martin Crimp

Vienna, 1923. A discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their sickness and do their best to destroy it. Promiscuous, pitiless and bored, six sexually entangled medical students restlessly wander in and out of a boarding house, cramming, drinking, taunting, spying. Freder sets about savagely experimenting with the young, pretty maid, with half an eye on his former lover Desiree, a wild, disillusioned aristocrat. Petrell abandons Marie for the ruthless underdog Irene. Marie doesn't waste any time weeping - Desiree wants her.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXIX (2009) Page 1160


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MARTIN CRIMP

Play House

1st Produced:

Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SA >>>

14 Mar 2012

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber Ltd, London (2012) >>>

ISBN/ASIN:

978-0571290826

Music:

-

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#134891

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Genre:

short play

Parts:

Male

1

Female

1

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Sex, work, pregnancy, madness, parents, weird neighbours, cleaning the fridge and dancing - Play House (2011) tells the story, in 13 bravura scenes, of a young couple's attempts to set up home

Martin Crimp

n/a

Further Reference:

-


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MARTIN CRIMP

Play With Repeats

1st Produced:

Orange Tree, Richmond, UK >>>

13 Oct 1989

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nick Hern Books, London, 1989

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8268

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

3

Female

2

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Centring on "an earnest inadequate, the kind of man who starts talking to strangers in pubs, the play becomes progressively chillier and more violent" Daily Telegraph

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol IX (1989) Page 1384


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MARTIN CRIMP

Rhinoceros

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London, EUR >>>

21 Sep 2007

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2007

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#62848

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

6

Female

5

Parts other:

doubling

Notes:

Original Playwright - Eugene Ionesco

Synopsis:

When a rhinoceros charges across the town square one Sunday afternoon, Berenger thinks nothing of it. Soon, however, rhinoceroses are popping up everywhere and Berengers whole world is under threat. What will it take for him to stand up to the increasing menace of rhinocerisation? Ionesco's iconic satire on apathy and conformity is given its first major UK revival since its Roval Court vremiere in 1960.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXVII (2007) Page 1103


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MARTIN CRIMP

Roberto Zucco

1st Produced:

The Other Place, Stratford

26 Nov 1997

Company:

Royal Shakespeare Company >>>

1st Published:

Methuen Drama, London >>>, 1997

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8269

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

14

Female

7

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Bernard-Marie Koltes

Synopsis:

tells the story of Roberto Zucco, a criminal driven to murder and brutal rape by a culture that at once rejects and worships him. Zucco's alienation--as outcast and as celebrity--provides a framework for Koltes's ironic, bitter commentary on the rampant dysfunctionality of a society that values money above love and self-interest even higher

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XVII (1997) Page 1552; Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 0442


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MARTIN CRIMP

Rough Cuts

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, London SW1W 8AS >>>

22 Jun 2010

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#122430

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Genre:

Ten Min

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Hung Over - 10 Playwrights Respond to the 2010 Election

Synopsis:

Ten of Britain's leading playwrights respond to the 2010 General Election. Five nights of ten minute short plays at Theatre Local, Elephant and Castle. Tue 22 & Thu 24 June at 7pm featuring plays by April de Angelis, Tim Crouch, Michael Wynne, Dipo Agboluaje and Leo Butler. Wed 23 & Fri 25 June at 7pm featuring plays by Alia Bano, Michael Bhim, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Martin Crimp and Emma Crowe. Sat 26 June at 7pm featuring all plays by the ten writers. Hung Over takes place as part of Rough Cuts, the Royal Court's annual season of work-in-progress, experimental pieces, readings and shorts. Rough Cuts emerges from the year-round activities of the Studio, providing an opportunity for emerging and established artists to develop ideas collaboratively, experimentally and informally.

Further Reference:

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MARTIN CRIMP

Seagull, The

1st Produced:

Lyttelton, London

17 Jun 2006

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 2006

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#55712

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Genre:

Adaptation

Parts:

Male

7

Female

4

Parts other:

servants

Notes:

Original Playwright - Anton Chekhov

Synopsis:

This pared-down version of Chekhov's first great play reveals the full force of its comedy and cruelty - whether it's love, sex, incredible fame, or simply a trip into town, each character is denied the thing they most crave.

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XXVI (2006) Page 0763


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MARTIN CRIMP

Spanish Girls

1st Produced:

Orange Tree Theatre, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 2SA >>>

25 Sep 1987

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8270

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Genre:

short play

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol VII (1987) Page 1253


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MARTIN CRIMP

Treatment, The

1st Produced:

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

20 Apr 1993

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Nick Hern Books, London, 1993

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8271

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

5

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

winner of the John Whiting award

Synopsis:

Two film producers offer to buy story of wife running from oppression and end up buying her body and mind

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XIII (1993) Page 0431


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MARTIN CRIMP

Triumph Of Love, The

1st Produced:

Almeida Theatre, London >>>

02 Sep 1999

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

Faber and Faber, London, 1999

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8272

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Genre:

Translation

Parts:

Male

4

Female

4

Parts other:

-

Notes:

Original Playwright - Marivaux

Synopsis:

n/a

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol XIX (1999) Page 1072; Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 0501; Theatre Record Vol XXIV (2004) Page 0584


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MARTIN CRIMP

Variety Of Death-Defying Acts, A

1st Produced:

Orange Tree, Richmond, UK >>>

13 Dec 1985

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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#8273

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

Further Reference:

Theatre Record Vol V (1985) Page 1222


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MARTIN CRIMP

You Just Had to be My Brother

1st Produced:

rehearsed reading, Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

22 Mar 2002

Company:

n/a

1st Published:

I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page.

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

doollee no

#124362

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Genre:

translation

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

translated by Martin Crimp from book by Pauline Sales

Synopsis:

A short play about a young Arab girl.

Further Reference:

-


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