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Duncan Macmillan: Plays One
Monster; Lungs; 2071; Every Brilliant Thing; People, Places And Things
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Duncan Macmillan: Plays One
Monster; Lungs; 2071; Every Brilliant Thing; People, Places And Things
About this book
This is the first collection from critically acclaimed playwright Duncan Macmillan, containing the plays Monster, Lungs, 2071, Every Brilliant Thing and People, Places and Things.
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MONSTER
For Mum
In memory of Emma Bailey
(May 1983–May 2007)
(May 1983–May 2007)
Monster won two prizes in the inaugural Bruntwood Playwriting Competition. It was first performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on 20 June 2007, with the following cast:
TOM, Andrew French
DARRYL, Mikey North
JODI, Sarah-Louise Young
RITA, Mary Jo Randle
Director Jacob Murray
Designer Louis Price
Lighting Richard Owen
Sound Claire Windsor
Voice Mark Langley
Characters
TOM
DARRYL
JODI
RITA
A table and two chairs. They remain onstage until the final scene. The action of the play takes place in 2007.
‘The monster a child knows best and is most concerned with [is] the monster he feels or fears himself to be.’
– BRUNO BETTELHEIM
‘You made your children what they are […] These children that come at you with knives, they are your children. You taught them. I didn’t teach them. I just tried to help them stand up […] You can project it back at me, but I am only what lives inside each and every one of you. My father is your system […] I am only what you made me. I am a reflection of you.’
– CHARLES MANSON
1
Morning. School.
The sound of children running, laughing, shouting, screaming.
TOM sits at the table. He looks at his watch and straightens his tie. He sits rigidly upright, staring at the door.
,
He glances at his shoes, then back at the door.
,
He rubs one of his shoes on the back of his trousers, then leans down to look at it.
He sits back up.
,
He leans down and rubs his shoe with his sleeve.
DARRYL enters, his hooded top hanging off one shoulder, underneath which he wears a burgundy school sweatshirt. He is chewing. He drops his bag on the floor and stares at TOM.
TOM sees him and stands.
,
TOM Darryl.
Sit down.
Sit down Darryl.
,
Alright, let’s run through some rules.
First, and most important, is...
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction by Robert Icke
- Monster
- Lungs
- 2071
- Every Brilliant Thing
- People, Places and Things