DUNCAN WARD   


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Plays by Duncan Ward

DUNCAN WARD
Beelzebum Sonata
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1998
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Adaptation
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from Stanislav Witkiewicz
Synopsis:
the devil tricks a fascinating young composer into suicide, played out against the backdrop of a fast deteriorating social order.
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DUNCAN WARD
Comedy, Irony, Satire And Other Deeper Meanings
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1997
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Adaptation
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from Christian Grabbe
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written in 1822, first real surrealist play as regarded by Breton, story reflects it's writers disquiet with the state of play in German- young alcoholic scholar is in charge of a particularly thick child, he decides to the mentally deficient child off as a genius and does so with startlingly rewards, however the proceedings are clouded over by his unrequited love of a fair young maiden, both events are scandalous and provocative. Grabbe glanced against a window into the twentieth century and has strangely been neglected as one of it's great writers!
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DUNCAN WARD
Doorways to Dunbar
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1999
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Absurd Work
Absurd
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absurd piece about a group of idlers who concoct an amusing past time by employing a private detective to search in vain for the ultra ego of a wealthy spinster, who happens to have delusions of grandeur. a ridiculous work to be found on the web site in due course.
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DUNCAN WARD
Here Lies
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2006
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Play/Drama
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an adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydices set against the backdrop of the ideology and practise of the italian futurists
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DUNCAN WARD
Janey Walk This Way
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2007
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DUNCAN WARD
Last Night in the Life of Antonin Artaud
1st Produced:
Chopra Factory, London
2000
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Adaptation
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adapted writings of Antonin Artaud, music Janusz Podrazik
Synopsis:
a masterful adaptation of Artaud's letters into the imagined last night he spent alive, in a hellish hallucination. see independent review 6th june 2000 dominic cavendish theatre critic. time out choice of the week.
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