DUNCAN WARD
| Nationality: | British |
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Plays by Duncan Ward
Beelzebum Sonata |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
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Notes: from Stanislav Witkiewicz | ||||
Synopsis: the devil tricks a fascinating young composer into suicide, played out against the backdrop of a fast deteriorating social order. | ||||
Comedy, Irony, Satire And Other Deeper Meanings |
| 1st Produced: | 1997 | |||
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Notes: from Christian Grabbe | ||||
Synopsis: 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! | ||||
Doorways to Dunbar |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1999 | ||
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| Genre: | Absurd Work | Absurd | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: 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. | ||||
Here Lies |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2006 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Synopsis: an adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydices set against the backdrop of the ideology and practise of the italian futurists | ||||
Janey Walk This Way |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2007 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Last Night in the Life of Antonin Artaud |
| 1st Produced: | Chopra Factory, London | 2000 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 6 |
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Notes: 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. | ||||