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Fewer Emergencies (Collection)

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 2 any gender (adult)

Martin Crimp

Three short pieces by Martin Crimp. FEWER EMERGENCIES, FACE TO THE WALL, AND WHOLE BLUE SKY.

FACE TO THE WALL and FEWER EMERGENCIES can be performed individually. Please see individual licensing pages for full details.

Fewer Emergencies (Collection)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2 any gender (adult)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary

Three short pieces: the first depicts a loveless marriage, the second tells the story of a school shooting and the third piece unmasks an emergency that is occurring "right now". Crimp's surreal and cruel script intertwin's ideas and shocking truths about life, death, relationships, abuse and emergencies.


History

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London 2005

Keywords

3 actors (including F1)

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    A bare stage

  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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Authors

Martin Crimp

Martin Crimp

Martin Crimp was born in 1956 and began writing for theatre in the 1980s. His plays include: When we have sufficiently tortured each other (2019), Men Asleep (2018), The Rest Will be Familiar To You From Cinema (2013, voted by Germany’s Theater heute best foreign play of the ...

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