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- Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
- Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
- Sprache: Englisch
A short play by one of the UK's leading dramatists. 'No one could blame me. I've been hurt. You're a monster.' A child is shut in her room, a dog is dead in the road, someone is kissing her brother in law. A family locked in hatred is sending a son to war. And meanwhile in another country… Caryl Churchill's play Ding Dong the Wicked was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, in October 2012. It was presented alongside Churchill's full-length play, Love and Information, which was then being premiered at the Royal Court.
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013
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Caryl Churchill
DING DONG THE WICKED
Contents
Title Page
Original Production
Characters
Place
1.
2.
About the Author
Copyright and Performing Rights Information
Ding Dong the Wicked was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, Sloane Square, on 1 October 2012. The cast was as follows:
A QUIET MAN/A MAN WHO BITES HIS NAILS
John Marquez
A WOMAN IN BLUE/A DRUNK WOMAN
Sophie Stanton
YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A FLOWER/YOUNG WOMAN WITH A CIGARETTE
Claire Foy
AN OVERWEIGHT MAN/A MAN WHO IS A WRECK
Stuart McQuarrie
A WOMAN WHO BITES/A WOMAN WITH A LIMP
Jennie Stoller
A PALE YOUNG MAN/A SPEEDY YOUNG MAN
Daniel Kendrick
Director
Dominic Cooke
Lighting Designer
Jack Williams
Sound Designer
Alexander Caplen
Casting Director
Amy Ball
Assistant Director
Nick Bruckman
Production Manager
Paul Handley
Stage Manager
Richard Llewelyn
Deputy Stage Manager
Hazel McDougall
Costume Supervisor
Iona Kenrick
Characters
in order of appearance
1.
A QUIET MAN, forty-five
A WOMAN IN BLUE, late forties
A YOUNG WOMAN CARRYING A FLOWER, twenties, girlfriend of the pale young man
AN OVERWEIGHT MAN, fifty-plus, husband of the woman in blue, brother of the quiet man
A WOMAN WHO BITES, seventies, mother of the overweight man and the quiet man
A PALE YOUNG MAN, twenties, a soldier, son of the overweight man and the woman in blue
2.
A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A CIGARETTE, twenties
A MAN WHO BITES HIS NAILS, forty-five, her husband
A DRUNK WOMAN, late forties, her mother
A WOMAN WITH A LIMP, seventies, her grandmother
A SPEEDY YOUNG MAN, twenties, a soldier, brother of the man who bites his nails
A MAN WHO IS A WRECK, fifty-plus, a neighbour
The actors double the parts.
Place
1. A living room.
2. A living room in another country.
This text went to press before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.
1.
A living room. There is a door leading to the rest of the house, a front door and a window. There is a tv but we can’t see the screen or hear the sound.
A QUIET MAN, about forty-five, is alone in the room. There is a plastic sheet on the floor and a large strong bin bag.
Doorbell. The QUIET MAN opens the front door, taking out a gun.
QUIET MAN
Come in.
The QUIET MAN shoots someone, who falls dead. The QUIET MAN puts the body and the bloodstained plastic sheet in the bag, and leaves with the bag by the front door.
Time passes.
Doorbell. A WOMAN IN BLUE, late forties, comes from inside and opens the street door. A YOUNG WOMAN CARRYING A FLOWER comes in, they embrace.
YW w FLOWER
All right?
W in BLUE
I am, he is, guess who’s making a fuss. Just don’t get him started.
FLOWER
It’s because he’s suffered, isn’t it, I know he has.
BLUE
I get tired of it.
FLOWER
Of course.
BLUE
I’m not saying he’s wrong.
FLOWER
You’re sensible, that’s what it is.
BLUE
Mind you.
FLOWER
Oh I’m not saying…
BLUE
There’s someone kept calling me names when I was at school, jellybelly, doubletrouble – just a bit overweight – and one day I pushed her so she fell down in a puddle and before she could get herself sorted out I jumped right on her and I got a handful of mud and stuffed it in her mouth.
FLOWER
She was asking for it.
BLUE
She was pretty but she was skinny. She’s the one with the problem.
FLOWER
Did I hear someone crying?
BLUE
She’s just calming down. You can’t let them think they’ve got you where they want you. You have to break their spirit. It doesn’t take long.
An OVERWEIGHT MAN, about fifty, husband of the woman in blue, enters from indoors and goes to the window.
OVERWEIGHT
What’s happened?
BLUE
We keep watch all the time so they don’t get away with anything.
FLOWER
Is it bad?
BLUE
Music day and night.
FLOWER
They’re such beautiful trees too.
OVERWEIGHT
Bastards. Bastards. They want to destroy us.
BLUE
(to FLOWER). I did tell you.
OVERWEIGHT
I’ll kill them. Help me.
BLUE
Everything’s all right. It’s all right. We have a visitor.
OVERWEIGHT
Come to see him off, have you? He’s going to be a hero. It’s a big cause. Is he a big enough man?
BLUE
(to FLOWER). He’s in his room. He’d like to see you.
The YOUNG WOMAN CARRYING A FLOWER exits indoors.
She’s not crying any more. Shall I get her?
OVERWEIGHT
I’ve something to say to you.
BLUE
You’ve nothing to say, I know what you get up to.
