Thomas Tallis
- Full Length Play, Drama, 16th Century / Elizabethan
- 7M, 7F
- ISBN: 9780573111334
Thomas Tallis is a portrait of the life of one of Britain's most successful composers set against the tumultuous political backdrop of the renaissance.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- Time Period: 16th Century / Elizabethan
- Target Audience: Adult
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Living under four monarchs, Tallis was forced to adapt his compositions to suit their religious demands, but at what costs? In Swale's vividly imagined play, we follow the contrasting fates of Tallis and a young priest, from the dissolution of the monasteries through Mary's bloody reign, via encounters with a young Elizabeth and the mysterious Dr Dee, to their dramatic conclusion.
REVIEWS:
"A hybrid entertainment of music and drama, with both elements afforded equal weight, it's a skin-tingling pleasure."
The Times
"At its core Thomas Tallis is surely a play about the power of art and its relationship to the great unseeables and unknowables."
The Arts Desk
"An ambitious play, with an elegant script."
The Financial Times
Characters
- Casting: 7M, 7F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Flexible casting
- Casting Notes: The play can be performed with four actors doubling, or with a bigger company as desired. There are eighteen roles.
Thomas Tallis
The Bishop
Dr Dee
The Guard
Queen Catherine
The Commissioner
Joan
Bethan
Mrs Prest
Elizabeth I
Mary
Henry VIII
The Priest
Edward's Attendant
The Plasterer
Mr Prest
The Boy King (Edward)
Available Material
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Thomas Tallis Script
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