The Night Alive (NHB Modern Plays) E-Book

Conor McPherson

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

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

An inimitably warm and stylish play that deftly mines the humanity to be found in the most unlikely of situations. Tommy's not a bad man, he's getting by. Renting a run-down room in his uncle Maurice's house, just about keeping his ex-wife and kids at arm's length and rolling from one get-rich-quick scheme to the other with his pal Doc. Then one day he comes to the aid of Aimee, who's not had it easy herself, struggling through life the only way she knows how. Their past won't let go easily. But together there's a glimmer of hope they could make something more of their lives. Something extraordinary. Perhaps. The Night Alive premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London in June 2013, directed by Conor McPherson.

Leseprobe

Conor McPherson

THE NIGHT ALIVE

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Epigraph

Characters

The Night Alive

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

The Night Alive was first performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, on 19 June 2013 (previews from 13 June), with the following cast:

AIMEE

Caoilfhionn Dunne

KENNETH

Brian Gleeson

TOMMY

Ciarán Hinds

DOC

Michael McElhatton

MAURICE

Jim Norton

Director

Conor McPherson

Designer

Soutra Gilmour

Lighting Designer

Neil Austin

Sound Designer

Gregory Clarke

Casting Director

Alastair Coomer CDG

‘When they saw the star they rejoiced. They went into the house and they saw Mary and her child. And falling to their knees they offered their gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.’

Matthew 2:11–12

Characters

MAURICE, seventies

TOMMY, fifties

AIMEE, late twenties

DOC, forties

KENNETH, late thirties

Dialogue in square brackets [ ] is unspoken.

Setting

An Edwardian house near the Phoenix Park in Dublin.

Autumn. The present.

This ebook was created before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.

The first-floor drawing room of an Edwardian house near the Phoenix Park in Dublin. High double doors lead to a small metal balcony with steps down to the rear garden. The room is now a bedsit. It is cluttered and messy. Boxes of knick-knacks and old newspapers and magazines are piled into corners, spilling out on to a single bed on one side of the room and a camp bed on the other. There is a battered old armchair, a foldaway chair or two. A door leads to a little toilet that has been built in one corner. Another door leads to the landing and the rest of the house.