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Martyn Hobbs
Nationality: British ( - )
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Martyn is the great grandson of Sir Jack Hobbs, the cricketer. He graduated in English Literature from Sussex University, and from 1982 till 1993 taught English and lived in Florence. He is now based in Oxford.


Plays by Martyn Hobbs

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Carnevale 
Golden Age, The 
History Of The Machine, A 
Macquin's Metamorphoses 
Mappa Mundi 
Masaccio 
Monkeytrap 

Martyn Hobbs     Carnevale
Company
Synopsis:

On his deathbed in Missolonghi, Byron is haunted by feverish dreams of his past. What had driven him from England first to Italy and finally to Greece? Was it his incestuous relationship with his half sister Augusta, or something even more unspeakable, punishable with death by hanging?
First Produced Teatro Le Laudi, Florence
First Published
Genre Play, 90 min
Parts Male
3
Female 2
Other
Notes

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Martyn Hobbs     Golden Age, The
Company
Synopsis:

In which the dreams of a mid-ranking civil servant in Byzantium are unexpectedly realised; the ancient Greek Gods return from exile in pursuit of their old power; a corrupt political order is threatened with overthrow; and the promised Golden Age isn't quite what it was cracked up to be.
First Produced
First Published
Genre Play, 90 min
Parts Male
5
Female 2
Other
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Martyn Hobbs     History Of The Machine, A
Company
Synopsis:

With the creation of his Nerve Automaton, Herr Kirchner's life is transformed. But a triumphal Grand Tour of Europe is derailed in Rome by the death of a pope, and their journey descends into madness and a kind of death.
First Produced Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>
First Published
Genre Play, 80 min
Parts Male
3-4
Female 1
Other
Notes
fringe first

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Martyn Hobbs     Macquin's Metamorphoses
Company
Synopsis:

Macquin exacts his revenge on his past by reworking Ovid's Metamorphoses, subjecting each of his enemies to a fitting metamorphosis. But when his past catches up with him, Macquin is forced to undergo his own transformation.
First Produced Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, UK >>>
First Published
Genre Play, 80 min
Parts Male
4
Female 1
Other
Notes

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Martyn Hobbs     Mappa Mundi
Company
Synopsis:

A heretic and a writer share a small cell. But when a new inmate arrives, Fintan and Cello's settled world is turned upside down. This new prisoner is Marco Polo. And from their life-and-death struggle to survive, our own world directly springs.
First Produced
First Published
Genre Play, 90 min
Parts Male
1
Female
Other 1
Notes

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Martyn Hobbs     Masaccio
Company
Synopsis:

Masaccio, a Renaissance whirlwind, was one of the most revolutionary artists of all time. His death at the age of 26 in Rome was no accident. A thriller of art, politics and popes.
First Produced
First Published
Genre Play, 90 min
Parts Male
5
Female 1
Other
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Martyn Hobbs     Monkeytrap
Company
Synopsis:

Nicholas Crabbe returns from Venice to start a new life in England. But he is a victim of his vanity. Nicholas is led into a labyrinth of temptation and danger, and at the at the heart of every maze waits the Minotaur.
First Produced
First Published
Genre Play, 90 min
Parts Male
4
Female 2
Other
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