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George Orwell (adapted by Matthew Dunster)
Winston Smith rewrites history for the Ministry of Truth, but when he's handed a note that says simply 'I love you' by a woman he hardly knows, he decides to risk everything in a search for the real truth. In a world where cheap entertainment keeps the proles ignorant but content, where a war without end is always fought and the government is always watching, can Winston possibly hold onto what he feels inside? Or will he renounce everything, accept the Party's reality and learn to love Big Brother?
This is a sensual and sinister adaptation of George Orwell's classic.
Cast : 7M, 2F
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Oberon Books, UK | 978-1-84943-226-9 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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$19.95 ex GST
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Lewis Carroll (adapted by Adrian Mitchell)
On a glorious summer's afternoon, young Alice happens upon a smartly dressed rabbit looking at his watch and muttering 'I'm too late!' This being an unexpected occurrence, she follows him down a nearby rabbit hole and falls in Wonderland.
Lewis Carroll's timeless children's stories
Alice in Wonderland,
Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There are magically brought to life in this new adaptation by Adrian Mitchell, specially commissioned for a Christmas production by the RSC. The amazing Lobster Quadrille, the Queen of Hearts' infamous croquet match and the Mad Hatter's Tea Party are just a few of the remarkable events and characters in this enchanting play.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-256-8 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Euripides (translated/adapted by Colin Teevan)
Dionysos, the God of wine and theatre, has returned to his native land to take revenge on the puritanical Pentheus, who refuses to observe his rites. Remorselessly, savagely and with black humour, Dionysos drives Pentheus and an entire city to a shocking fate.
Translated and adapted by Colin Teevan. This version was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for a production directed by Sir Peter Hall and scored by Sir Harrison Birtwhistle.
Review
It draws on the contemporary vernacular to ripping, rollicking, rumbustious effect...and [Teevan] has given us a piece of theatre that is wonderfully robust, resolute and resonant' - Paul Muldoon
Cast : 3M
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-261-2 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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$25.41 ex GST
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Incarcerator / Five Visions of the Faithful / Silence and Violence / The Biggleswades / The Last Days of Desire
Torben Betts
A volume of language-rich, theatrically-ambitious tragedies.
Incarcerator
Hugely popular verse drama - a Time Out Critics' Choice.
Five Visions of the Faithful
A series of uncompromising narratives exploring freedom, faith, death and desire.
Silence and Violence
The wife of a war hero seduces a much-reviled sculptor.
The Biggleswades
The casual torture at the centre of a marriage is exposed .
The Last Days of Desire
Betts’ first radio play; commissioned by the BBC.
Introduction by David Pownall, with an essay by Peter Craze.
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-200-1 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Angela Carter / Bryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery brings to thrilling life Angela Carter’s tale of seduction, perversion, blood and love (itself a radical re-thinking of the story of Bluebeard) in a shockingly beautiful portrait of the corruption of adolescence in this visceral and visually stunning production that incorporates film, music and live action.
She’s seventeen years old and a virgin. She’s poor. The marquis is fifty and rich beyond imagining. He marries her and takes her to his castle, half on land, half on sea. It’s like a fairy tale! The honeymoon has hardly begun before he must leave her with his keys and this instruction: "All is yours, everywhere is open to you—except the lock that this single key fits. You must promise, if you love me, to leave it well alone."
Review
Carter's lush prose, well served by Bryony Lavery's adaptation, is moist with symbolism -
Lyn Gardner,
The Guardian
Cast : 6M, 2F
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-887-4 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Anton Chekhov (adapted by Pam Gems)
In his masterpiece
The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov maintains an exquisite
balance between elegiac celebration of the romance of the past, as
embodied in the cherry orchard in full bloom, and the awesome prescience
of what is so soon to overwhelm Russia - revolution.
The themes are
majestic, and yet at the centre of the play is Ranévskaya, a tragic
woman who lacks adroitness for survival in a changing world but who has
one asset: a capacity for love. It is her solution - and Chekhov's.
Cast : 8M, 5F
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-738-9 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens
Neil Bartlett
'Oh, but he was a squeezing, wrenching, scraping, grasping kind of a Scrooge; a clutching, covetous old sinner...'
Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors, Neil Bartlett's
A Christmas Carol' brings a boldly theatrical imagination to bear on a classic story. This new stage version played to full houses and critical acclaim at both the Lyric Hammersmith, London and at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.
Review
Gets right to the frozen heart of Dickens' classic Christmas tale... one of those rare festive offerings for which no adult will need the excuse of a child in tow... - The Guardian
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-399-2 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Charles Dickens (adapted by Giles Havergal)
The treacherous Uriah Heep, the jovial nurse Peggotty, the adorably dim-witted Dora, the improvident Mr Micawber and the egotistic and charming Steerforth come to life in this new adaptation of Dickens’ classic.
From seaside Yarmouth to London and beyond, as plots and counterplots effortlessly interweave into one intricate, grand design,
David Copperfield captures the brightness, magic and terror of the world as seen through the eyes of a child: his bafflement turning to self-awareness and his young heart growing ever more disciplined and true.
Cast : 9M, 6F
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-570-5 | Sales: Australia/NZ | PB
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Adapted by Pablo Ley and Colin Teevan
Miguel de Cervantes
Follow the dramatic tale of the ingenious gentleman of La Mancha, Don Quixote and his comic adventures over land, sea and air in the search for an idealised world.
Accompanied by his loyal sidekick, Sancho Panza, and inspired by stories of daring deeds, Don Quixote sets out to recreate an imaginary world and to convince his family, friends, and all he meets of its reality. But this is no ordinary journey as he gallops through 17th century Spain encountering a host of fantastical characters including star-crossed lovers, an army of giants, a cross-dressing priest, a royal duchess and even the devil himself.
Review
Brings the story to life in a Monty Python-esque romp through the sublimely ridiculous
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BBC Leeds Online
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-802-7 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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Daphne de Maurier / Emma Reeves
Following the death of their young daughter, John and Laura visit Venice
to try and escape their grief. But when the couple meet two aged
sisters, one of whom claims to have psychic visions of the dead girl,
strange things start to happen.
Filmed in 1973 with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, Daphne du
Maurier's classic thriller starts as a moving examination of grief but
gradually becomes a chilling tale with a dark and terrifying climax.
Cast : 4M, 4F
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Oberon Books | 978-1-84002-730-3 | Sales rights: Australia/NZ | PB
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