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The Holy Terror: Melon Revised

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 7m

Simon Gray

The original version of this hilarious, coruscatingly witty play was produced as Melon in 1988 with Alan Bates in the lead. The revised version, entitled The Holy Terror, had its stage premiíÂre in the USA in 1991. Mark Melon addresses the Cheltenham…

The Holy Terror: Melon Revised

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    Cast Size
    3w, 7m
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The original version of this hilarious, coruscatingly witty play was produced as Melon in 1988 with Alan Bates in the lead. The revised version, entitled The Holy Terror, had its stage premiíÂre in the USA in 1991. Mark Melon addresses the Cheltenham W.I. on his career as a successful, ruthless publisher who has suffered a breakdown. The event's that he describes then come to life. Contained in the volume Simon Gray Plays 4.

M7 (17, young, middle-age, elderly) F3 (young, 30s-40s)

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A platform, the mind

  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Simon Gray

Simon Gray
Simon Gray was born on October 21, 1936, in Hayling Island, England. He attended many schools, such as Westminster School, Dalhousie University, Trinity College, and Cambridge. Gray’s plays include BUTLEY, CLOSE OF PLAY, QUARTERMAINE'S TERMS, and THE COMMON PURSUIT. CLOSE OF ...
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