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This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage)

  • John Fitzpatrick
  • Full Length Play, Romantic Comedy, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 3M
  • ISBN: 9780573040238

"I feel like I leapt off a long time ago and everyone else is gaining traction and I'm just floating away."

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Romantic Comedy, Dramatic Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Nudity/Partial Nudity

  • Performance Group:
  • Tours, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Gar can't decide between the man who plays games and the man on one knee with a ring. In fact, Gar can't decide on anything because every choice seems like a compromise. Everyone wants answers but nothing lives up to the image he has in his head. Facades start crumbling as his world implodes around him but Gar... Gar just wants to dance with his friends.

This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage) is a play about how we define ourselves; through objects, clothes, traditions and other people.
REVIEWS:

"Deeply moving... provocative and stimulating."

The Scotsman

"Raw, uncompromising and very beautiful, it's also hilarious -- The kind of skilful play that sneaks in unannounced to the Fringe leaving vapour trails of brilliance in its wake."

 The List

"Rich and considered writing... Smart, senstive and strongly performed."

 The Stage

"A daring emotional three-way... Thrilling yet intimate."

 To Do List

"A probing piece comfortable in the ambiguities it raises."

 Fest

"A brave piece... Something special."

 Scotsgay

"Fast-paced, intense and powerful... Exceptionally well written and well performed."

 Broadway Baby

"Elegantly threaded through with ideads of freedom and obligation."

 Exeunt Magazine

Premiere Production: This Much premiered at ZOO venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015 and subsequently transferred to the Soho Theatre, London in June 2016. It was produced by Nik Holttum Productions and Moving Dust.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male

  • ALBERT
    ANTHONY
    GAR

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    Gar can't decide between the man who plays games and the man on one knee with a ring. In fact, Gar can't decide on anything because every choice seems like a compromise. Everyone wants answers but nothing lives up to the image he has in his head. Facades start crumbling as his world implodes around him but Gar... Gar just wants to dance with his friends.

    This Much (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage) is a play about how we define ourselves; through objects, clothes, traditions and other people.

    		$24.95

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