Mojo E-Book

Jez Butterworth

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

A slick and violent black comedy set in the Soho clubland of the 1950s. The hit debut play from the author of Jerusalem. In the seedy gangster underworld of the rock'n'roll scene, club owners fight for control of Johnny Silver, the latest young sensation. First premiered at the Royal Court in 1995, Jez Butterworth's play Mojo won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and earned Butterworth the George Devine Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. This edition of Mojo was published alongside the play's 2013 revival in London's West End.

Leseprobe

Jez Butterworth

MOJO

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Dedication

Characters

Mojo

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Mojo was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in Sloane Square, London, on 14 July 1995, with the following cast:

SILVER JOHNNY

Hans Matheson

SWEETS

Matt Bardock

POTTS

Andy Serkis

BABY

Tom Hollander

SKINNY

Aidan Gillen

MICKEY

David Westhead

Director

Ian Rickson

Designer

Ultz

Lighting Designers

Ultz and Mark Ridler

Sound Designer

Paul Arditti

Composer

Stephen Warbeck

The production transferred to the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs in St Martin’s Lane, London, on 10 October 1996, with the following cast:

SILVER JOHNNY

Daniel Newman

SWEETS

Callum Dixon

POTTS

Neil Stuke

BABY

Paul Reynolds

SKINNY

Darren Tighe

MICKEY

Simon Kunz

Mojo was revived at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, on 26 October 2013, with the following cast:

SILVER JOHNNY

Tom Rhys Harries

SWEETS

Rupert Grint

POTTS

Daniel Mays

BABY

Ben Whishaw

SKINNY

Colin Morgan

MICKEY

Brendan Coyle

Director

Ian Rickson

Designer

Ultz

Lighting Designer

Charles Balfour

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Sound Designer

Simon Baker

Casting Director

Sam Jones CDG

Assistant Director

Katy Rudd

Choreographer

Quinny Sacks

Fight Directors

Ruth Cooper-Brown &Rachel Brown-Williams

Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions in association with Tulchin Bartner Productions, Rupert Gavin, Tanya Link Productions and JFL Theatricals/GHF Productions.

To my brother Tom

Characters

in order of appearance

SILVER JOHNNY, seventeen

SWEETS, early twenties

POTTS, early twenties

BABY, twenties

SKINNY, early twenties

MICKEY, thirties

Act One takes place upstairs at Ezra’s Atlantic in Dean Street, Soho, July 1958.

Act Two takes place downstairs in the club and starts around 6 p.m. on the same day.

ACT ONE

Scene One

Upstairs at the Atlantic. SILVER JOHNNY stands alone. We hear the drums, the thudding bass, the screams from the club below. SILVER JOHNNY does steps by himself, tight, menacing, explosive, like a boxer in the seconds before a fight. A low distorted voice announces the act, the girls scream, but he keeps them waiting. The music rises, faster, louder. It reaches its height, SILVER JOHNNY .