Blue Heart E-Book

Caryl Churchill

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK's leading playwrights. Heart's Desire sees a family awaiting their daughter's return from Australia, though in a series of alternative scenarios, the play collapses as it keeps veering off in unexpected and ridiculous directions. Blue Kettle tells the story of conman Derek and the five women he misleads into believing he is their biological son. Try as he might, Derek's plans are scuppered as the play is invaded by a virus. In Caryl Churchill's ever-inventive style, the two plays in Blue Heart pull apart language and structure in a way that is theatrically remarkable and fast paced, in a stirring yet truthful exploration of family and relationships. Blue Heart was first performed at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, in August 1997 in a touring co-production by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre. This edition was published alongside the first major revival of Blue Heart, nearly twenty years after its premiere, in a co-production by the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, and Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol, in 2016.

Leseprobe

Caryl Churchill

BLUE HEART

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Blue Heart

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

This new production of Blue Heart was first presented in a co-production between Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol, and the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, opening on 22 September 2016.

Heart's Desire

BRIAN

Andy De La Tour

ALICE

Amelda Brown

MAISIE

Amanda Boxer

SUSY

Mona Goodwin

LEWIS

Alex Beckett

YOUNG WOMAN

Tracey Lee Sharples

Blue Kettle

DEREK

Alex Beckett

ENID

Mona Goodwin

MRS PLANT

Amanda Boxer

MRS OLIVER

Amelda Brown

MRS VANE

Janet Henfrey

MR VANE

Andy De La Tour

MISS CLARENCE

Maroussia Frank

DEREK'S MOTHER

Gillian Axtelll

Director

David Mercatali

Designer

Angela Davies

Sound Designer and Composer

Max Pappenheim

Lighting Designer

Chris Swain

Costume Supervisor

Bianca Ward

Casting Consultant

Vicky Richardson

Blue Heart was first produced by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, on 14 August 1997. It was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on 19 August 1997 and opened at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 17 September 1997, with the following cast:

Heart’s Desire

Blue Kettle

MOTHER

Gabrielle Blunt

SUZY

ENID

Jacqueline Defferary

YOUNG WOMAN

Karina Fernandez

BRIAN

MR VANE

Bernard Gallagher

ALICE

MRS PLANT

Valerie Lilley

MAISIE

MRS OLIVER

Mary Macleod

MRS VANE

Eve Pearce

LEWIS

DEREK

Jason Watkins

MISS CLARENCE

Anna Wing

CHILDREN

Played by local children

Director

Max Stafford-Clark

Designer

Julian McGowan

Lighting Designer

Johanna Town

Sound Designer

Paul Arditti

The same production was revived for an international tour in 1998, with the following cast changes:

Heart’s Desire

Blue Heart

SUZY

ENID

Sally Rogers

YOUNG WOMAN

Kirsty Bushell

BRIAN

MR VANE

Ewan Hooper

MRS VANE

Doreen Mantle

LEWIS

DEREK

Pearce Quigley

The production received its American premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, on 27 Jan 1999, with the same cast.

BLUE HEART

Heart’s Desire

Characters

BRIAN

ALICE

MAISIE

SUSY

LEWIS

LOTS OF CHILDREN

TWO GUNMEN

YOUNG AUSTRALIAN WOMAN

OFFICIAL

BIRD

Brian and Alice are married. Maisie is Brian’s sister.They are all about 60. Susy, their daughter, is 35,Lewis, their son, is younger.