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Single Man, A

"I make myself remember. I am afraid of forgetting. I will have to forget if I want to go on living."

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama, Adaptations (Literature)
  • 100 minutes

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
California, 1962. College professor George is grieving the death of his long-term partner Jim. As a middle-aged gay Englishman living in the Los Angeles suburbs, he is an outsider in every way. Haunted by his past and unable to move forward, we follow him on one very ordinary day. But for George, this is going to be a day like no other...

A Single Man features in The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English, where it is described as 'a work of compressed brilliance.' Known to many through Tom Ford's film, Christopher Isherwood's masterpiece is now given a wry and compassionate retelling in Simon Reade's new adaptation for the stage.

Powerful and sexy, A Single Man is a darkly amusing study of grief, love and loneliness from the celebrated writer of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for Cabaret. 
REVIEWS:

"Piercing."

 The Stage

"Breezy and engaging."

 Attitude

"The text is efficiently riddled with dark humour and sarcasm."

 BroadwayWorld

"Poignantly effective and witty adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s iconic 1964 novel about love, loss and loneliness."

 The Stage

"Intriguing."

 TimeOut

"Simon Reade's stage play is most likely to appeal to anybody who loved the original book."

 WhatsOnStage

"The ending is hugely touching and really quite beautiful as the lights go down."

 Everything Theatre

"An excellent adaptation of a great novel that feels refreshed almost 60 years after it was published."

 Pocket Size Theatre

Premiere Production: This adaptation of A Single Man premiered at Park Theatre on Wednesday, 19 October 2022, produced by Ashley Cook for Troupe Productions Ltd. Directed by Philip Wilson, the production featured Theo Fraser Steele, Olivia Darnley, Miles Molan, Phoebe Pryce and Freddie Gaminara.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: The play can be performed by a cast of as few as five

  • GEORGE – (Geo, pronounced Jee-oh), 58
    CHARLEY – (Charlotte), 45
    KENNY POTTER – (Kenneth), 20 / JIM
    FEMALE PARAMEDIC / MRS STRUNK – 30s / MARIA / DORIS – 20s
    MALE PARAMEDIC / MR STRUNK – (Brad) 35 / ALEX / NURSE / BARTENDER

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    California, 1962. College professor George is grieving the death of his long-term partner Jim. As a middle-aged gay Englishman living in the Los Angeles suburbs, he is an outsider in every way. Haunted by his past and unable to move forward, we follow him on one very ordinary day. But for George, this is going to be a day like no other...

    A Single Man features in The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English, where it is described as 'a work of compressed brilliance.' Known to many through Tom Ford's film, Christopher Isherwood's masterpiece is now given a wry and compassionate retelling in Simon Reade's new adaptation for the stage.

    Powerful and sexy, A Single Man is a darkly amusing study of grief, love and loneliness from the celebrated writer of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration for Cabaret. 

    		$24.95

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