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MARK GOVIER
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Dead Virgins Life Of Milarepa, The Monomania ShiteDead Virgins
Synopsis:
Jackson is a Bohemian visual artist who derives his inspiration from the lives of the wretched drug addicts he picks up with the lure of free drugs. enter failed thief, Ron and suicidal teenage prostitute Belinda, and watch as the night is turned into a work of art, which cuts all ways. 'Dead Virgins' is a 'mature audiences' one act play about art, drugs and crime of 45 minutes duration. It has been successfully presented both in the UK and Australia and is suitable for adaptation for both film and educational purposes.
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1st Published:
New theatre Publications (2001) 978-1840943566
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Genre:
Drama One act
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Top of PageLife Of Milarepa, The
Synopsis:
a theatrical adaptation of the life of the 11th century Tibetan sorcerer and anchorite. Mila, his mother and sister are dispossessed on the death of their father. To uphold clan honour, Mila learns the evil Arts, murdering most of his enemies at a wedding. Years pass, he is a feared and desperate man seeking transformation; eventually he encounters Marpa, a steely teacher of the tantra. after testing Mila until his mind and body are almost destroyed, Marpa reveals him esoteric practices. But even in a cave, Mila cannot be free of the ghost of his mother. He returns to his village to bury her bones, but is driven into the wastelands by his enemies, surviving on poetry, mysticism and boiled nettles, slowly becoming the emaciated man of wonder. He was murdered by a Lama jealous of his popularity.
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the Life of Milarepa' proved controversial. 25 theatres refused to permission for it to be performed, And reviewers savaged it, some even stooping to racial Abuse. Ultimately, the spiritual does have A right to exist, even within A theatre obsessed with secularity.
Mark Govier
Mark Govier
1st Produced:
Lion & Unicorn, London, FITa Festival 2004
Organisations:
act Provocateur International
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Genre:
full length Play/Drama
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Male: 5 Female: 4 Other: -
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Top of PageMonomania
Synopsis:
Monomania is a tragic-comedy. 2 actors arrive to rehearse 'the Masters Muses' a reconstruction of the night edgar allen Poe wrote his most macabre story, 'Berenice'. His 13 year old bride and aunt Muddy thought they'd seen it all, but tonight Eddie drinks a whole bottle of laudanum, and is ranting about teeth, and digging up corpses. Belatedly, and after a tortuous half hour, the director arrives only to tell them the show's off; he has accepted a better position.
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Poe was A monomaniac, like most of us who practice the Arts, but in his case his soul turned to ink. Monomania, with Shite (see below) comprised Dark Practices.
1st Produced:
Diorama Theatre, London 1994
Organisations:
extra Tenna Theatre Company
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Play One act
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Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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Top of PageShite
Synopsis:
Shite is a satire on absurdism, and social snobbery. John X, a noted absurdist playwright, has a writer's block. In order to remove it, he has invited, and at considerable expense, well known dosser turned professional absurdist writers' muse, Ian Circle, into his mediocre-ly salubrious house. after initial disgust, Circle is used to wealthy West end absurdists, he seduces John's wife, giving her crabs in the process, while John looks on, creating yet another work filled with bottomless pauses, schizoid dialogue, and empty guilt.
Notes:
Harold Pinter's Agent declined to permit extra Tenna theatre Company to present 'Night', And declined to say why - 'Shite' is the result. I sent A copy to the Agent, but they declined to respond.
Mark Govier
Mark Govier
1st Produced:
Diorama Theatre, London 1994
Organisations:
extra Tenna Theatre Company
1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play One act
Parts:
Male: 2 Female: 1 Other: -
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