Jude
- Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
- 3M, 5F
- ISBN: 9781848428591
"It wasn’t just her freakish ability with language. She saw through to behind the words. It was like she had a direct line to – I was going to say to “the gods”…"
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre
Possessing an astonishing gift for languages, Jude will stop at nothing to achieve her dream – but she remains oblivious to the hidden barriers that her background has placed in her path…
Loosely inspired by Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure, Howard Brenton's play Jude is a modern-day tale of unexpected genius and of our struggle to accommodate extraordinary talent. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2019, directed by Edward Hall.
REVIEWS:
"Grips constantly and sometimes shakes you... funny and satirically sharp."
Theatrecat
"Brenton's Judith is a fascinating character, an outsider who — despite the fierce intensity of her aspirations — can see the reality of the host nation... a humorous satire on the Oxford and England we know so well."
The Arts Desk
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 5F
- Casting Attributes: Good role(s) for female performers, Expandable casting
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About to be fired from her cleaning job for stealing a volume of Euripides, Jude turns her employer's outrage to shock by translating the ancient Greek on the spot. The employer, a Classics teacher, knows great talent when she sees it and the encounter kick-starts Jude's lifelong ambition to study at Oxford University. |
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