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JAMES (1) DOUGLAS |
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Plays by James (1) Douglas |
Detaining Mr K | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Century House, Manchester's 24:7 Theatre Festival | 2009 | ||||
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 | #97048 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | There is nothing sneaky or underhand about the way writer James Douglas has used ideas from Kafka's famous character Josef K in The Trial as this connection is explicitly and repeatedly referred to by the characters in the play and then turned on its head in intriguing ways. Anthony is a college lecturer who has been taken into custody without charge or explanation and questioned about the student he has allowed to lodge in his spare room, who, he is now told, blew himself up by accident on his way to commit an act of terrorism. His latest questioner is Pauline, who wears a business suit and slippers, offers him tea and Gypsy Creams and spends almost as much time moaning about her ex-husband as she does talking about Anthony's situation. Of course Anthony denies having any knowledge or involvement in the attempted bombing and there are the inevitable ponderings over human rights issues surrounding the 'detention without trial' aspects of anti-terrorism legislation, but then sympathies start to turn away from Anthony when information emerges about his unexpected views and the "private group" that he lectures for. Just as the play seems to be drawing up a case in favour of the detention laws, it twists again and suggests that maybe it is playing into the hands of those it seeks to defeat. | |||||
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