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Candide (Ravenhill)

  • Mark Ravenhill
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary, 18th Century, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 23M, 13F
  • ISBN: SFUK-58624

How will Candide's optimism fare when it collides with life in the 21st Century?

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 105 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary, 18th Century, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set, Opportunity for Spectacle
  • Cautions: Gun Shots, Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Large Stage, Professional Theatre
Candide is an optimist. A dreamer. He believes that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as Candide's comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune. As his world collapses around him, the story travels across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candide's optimism fare when it collides with life in the 21st Century?

The play is structured around two parallel narratives: one tells the story of Candide's attempts to reunite with his love Cunegonde; the other follows a woman who experiences a hugely traumatic event as she attempts to find a way back to happiness.
REVIEWS:

"An extraordinary piece, one that bulges with bright ideas."

 The Guardian

"An ingenious and enjoyable take on Voltaire."

 The Spectator

"There is also a genuine wit and ingenuity on display here and a good deal of ribald humour in the spirit of the original."

 The Telegraph

Premiere Production: Candide premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the summer of 2013, under the direction of Lyndsey Turner.

Characters

  • Casting: 23M, 13F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Cross Gender casting, Room for Extras
  • Casting Notes: Names of all the characters in the play within in the play are indicated in italics.
    The original production featured a cast of seven women and nine men.

  • COUNTESS
    PLAYWRIGHT
    CANDIDE
    PROLOGUE
    CANDIDE
    PANGLOSS
    CUNEGONDE
    BARON
    BARONESS
    BULGARIAN RECRUITING OFFICER
    BULGARIAN RECRUITING SERGEANT
    ABARIAN SOLDIER
    JACQUES
    SAILOR
    WOMAN
    ROSA
    SOPHIE
    SARAH
    TED
    BEN
    ADAM
    MIKE
    EMMA
    EVA
    VOLTAIRE
    TIM
    SCREENWRITER
    HANNAH
    CACOMBO
    MARTINA
    TETUAN
    PADRES
    TUCAMEN
    OREILLON
    NURSE
    PANGLOSS
    CUNEGONDE
    SOLDIERS, INHABITANTS OF EL DORADO, WEALTHY VISITORS TO THE PANGLOSS INSTITUTE, etc.

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    Candide is an optimist. A dreamer. He believes that everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. But that belief is about to be tested as Candide's comfortable life is overtaken by an endless barrage of misfortune. As his world collapses around him, the story travels across the centuries to new locations and parallel universes. How will Candide's optimism fare when it collides with life in the 21st Century?

    The play is structured around two parallel narratives: one tells the story of Candide's attempts to reunite with his love Cunegonde; the other follows a woman who experiences a hugely traumatic event as she attempts to find a way back to happiness.

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