Rapture (NHB Modern Plays) E-Book

Lucy Kirkwood

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

Noah and Celeste Quilter met on a blind date organised by a newspaper, fell in love, got married and had a baby. But from the very earliest days of their relationship, they were under surveillance. And when they started a fight for their future, they never guessed it would cost them their lives. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true? What happens when there's only one person in the whole world you can truly trust? And what if they never take the bins out? Rapture by Lucy Kirkwood is a slippery thriller about love, power and belief which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2022, directed by Lucy Morrison. It was promoted under the title That Is Not Who I Am, by Dave Davidson, a pseudonym.

Leseprobe

Lucy Kirkwood

RAPTURE

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Original Production Details

Characters

Note on Production

Rapture

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Rapture was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 10 June 2022, with the following cast:

LUCY KIRKWOOD

Priyanga Burford

NOAH

Jake Davies

CELESTE

Siena Kelly

LK2

Ellie Kendrick, Lucy Kirkwood, Sophie Melville, Letty Thomas

STAGE MANAGER

Carrie Rock

F12

Zachary Wilcox

Director

Lucy Morrison

Designer

Naomi Dawson

Lighting Designer

Anna Watson

Sound Designer

Peter Rice

Video Designer

Gino Ricardo Green

Movement Director

Chi-San Howard

Intimacy & Fight Director

Yarit Dor

Assistant Director

Zachary Wilcox

Design Assistant

Shahaf Beer

Assistant Sound Designer

Keri Chesser

Stage Manager

Lizzie Chapman

Deputy Stage Manager

Jen McTaggart

Assistant Stage Manager

Elle Hutchinson

Assistant Stage Manager

Ophir Westman

(Production Period)

Dresser

Ana Webb Sanchez

Set built by

Royal Court Stage Department

From the Royal Court, on this production:

Casting Directors

Amy Ball & Arthur Carrington

Company Manager

Joni Carter

Stage Supervisor

Steve Evans & T J Chappell-Meade

Lead Producer

Sarah Georgeson

Sound Supervisor

Laura Hammond

Production Manager

Marius Rønning

Lighting Programmer

Stephen Settle

Costume Supervisor

Lucy Walshaw

Lighting Supervisor

Johnny Wilson

Characters

CELESTE

NOAH

LUCY KIRKWOOD

BRIONY

THE REAL LUCY KIRKWOOD (LK2)

STAGE MANAGER

PERSON F12

Briony and Stage Manager can be played by the same actor.

Key

A forward slash (/) indicates an overlap in speech.

Words in brackets are spoken aloud but are incidental.

An asterisk (*) before a line indicates simultaneous speech.

A comma on its own line (, ) indicates a beat. A beat is shorter than a pause. It can also denote a shift in thought or energy.

The text has been punctuated to serve the music of the play, not grammatical convention. Dashes are used sparingly and generally indicate a hard interruption.

Names and place names in [square brackets] can be substituted for others in future productions.

This text went to press before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

Notes on Production

1) This work must be produced in a sustainable manner.

2) The play should be marketed under a different identity. For example:

That Is Not Who I Am by Dave Davidson

When Ollie has his identity stolen on the internet, it’s bad enough. But soon it’s not just his online life collapsing – his real life is being stolen too. Who is the person really doing and saying these awful things? And who can Ollie trust to see the real him when the world sees him as a monster? Did the real him ever exist in the first place?

A slippery thriller in which nothing is as it seems and nobody is who they are. Age recommendation 12+

Projected:

‘The Royal Court Theatre would like to apologise that the play you are about to see is different to the one advertised, for reasons which will become clear.

The real title of this play is:

RAPTURE

The story of Noah and Celeste Quilter remains a controversial one. Many questions are yet to be answered.

Following the recent move by the Home Secretary to block publication of the report into the Quilters’ deaths, playwright Lucy Kirkwood was asked by a campaign group to produce a dramatisation of their relationship. After some unsettling events during her research, she decided to work under the pseudonym “Dave Davidson” in order to protect herself at a vulnerable time in her life.

After the finished work met with repeated censorship and legal challenges, the Royal Court agreed to produce the play covertly, in the hope of raising public awareness of the case, and bringing justice for the couple.

Much of the information that follows is under embargo but we believe the legality of that embargo to be questionable.

While breaking the law is not a decision we take lightly, we hope you will come to understand why we feel this story must be told now.’

A title is projected:

‘FIRST FLUSH’

November 2011. NOAH and CELESTE at a table in a restaurant. Both twenty-seven years old.

CELESTE. So go on then

NOAH. No you

CELESTE. kay well I’m not doing it if you’re not / doing it

NOAH. I will do it, just you go first

CELESTE. Yeah / sure right!

NOAH. no cos I’ll do it straight after you!

CELESTE. oh and I just believe that do I?

NOAH. what, you don’t trust me?

CELESTE. only just met you mate

NOAH. * so?

CELESTE. * could be a compulsive liar. Could be a psychopath. Could be a thieving murdering Millwall / fan

NOAH. After three then?

CELESTE. fine. One

two

three

NOAH. * Nine

CELESTE. * Nine-point-five

NOAH. point-five.