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    The Living

    Anthony Clarvoe

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    Play Description

    In 1665 the plague brought London to its knees. THE LIVING concerns Londoners who have remained in the city as they struggle to find meaning in the midst of such a catastrophic epidemic.

    Production Info

    Cast: 10 total (2 female, 8 male)
    Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Period Costumes
    Categories: Full Length in Collection, The Plays, Bestsellers Tags: 17th Century
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    Press Quotes

    “Set in 1665 London as the Black Plague sweeps the city claiming more than 100,000 lives, THE LIVING is not about death. Rather this remarkable, riveting drama is a compelling confirmation of life. And although it’s set more than three centuries ago, Anthony Clarvoe’s two-act parable (in which the reactions of the people and the government parallel those surrounding today’s AIDS epidemic), maintains … stunning immediacy … Often bitterly funny, often ineffably sad, this is the story of a few brave sometimes reluctantly so people who stood fast, doing what need to be done … Propelled by Clarvoe’s masterful handling of language …” —Sandra Dillard-Rosen, The Denver Post

    “The play THE LIVING is alive with lessons for tomorrow. Set in London in the bubonic plague year of 1665, the play is a scary morality tale, a ghoulish slice of history and an evening shining with hope … Inevitably, the world wakes up from nightmares and learns to dance and grumble again. Clarvoe’s play reveals much in its simple retelling of a real horror. The Londoners of 1665 knew nothing about the causes of the plague. In the end, it passed, as all things do. The lesson in THE LIVING is about being tested and not being found wanting.” —Jackie Campbell, Rocky Mountain News

    “… Clarvoe’s thought-provoking script, which not only celebrates the strength of courage and compassion in a climate of overwhelming fear, but has a clear parallel in this country’s muddled response to the dire beginning of the AIDS crisis …” —Terri Roberts, Backstage West

    Author(s)

    • Anthony Clarvoe

      Anthony Clarvoe’s plays PICK UP AX, SHOW AND TELL, THE LIVING, LET’S PLAY TWO, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, AMBITION FACING WEST, WALKING OFF THE ROOF, CTRL+ALT+DELETE, THE ART OF SACRIFICE, GUNPOWDER JOE, and PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE and his translations of Henrik Ibsen’s GHOSTS and THE WILD DUCK are published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. He has received American Theatre Critics, Will Glickman, Bay Area Theatre Critics, Los Angeles Drama Critics, Garland, Elliot Norton, and Edgerton New American Play awards; fellowships from the Guggenheim, Irvine, Jerome, and McKnight Foundations, National Endowment for the Arts, Theater Communications Group/Pew Charitable Trusts, and Kennedy Center; commissions from South Coast Rep, Mark Taper Forum, and Playwrights Horizons; the Berrilla Kerr Award for his contributions to American theater; and many others. He teaches dramatic literature at OLLI@UC Berkeley and playwriting in Oakland, CA. A native San Franciscan and long-time resident of New York City and the Midwest, he lives with his family in Berkeley, CA.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 12/14/2020
    Pages 88
    ISBN 9780881458756

    Special Notes

    If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:

    Originally produced by The Denver Center Theater Company

    In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:

    The Living is produced
    by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
    www.broadwayplaypublishing.com

    Upcoming and Recent Productions

    Nonprofessional


    3/31/2023 – 4/16/2023
    Augsburg University Theater
    Minneapolis, MN

    4/21/2022 – 4/30/2022
    Depaul College Prep H.S.
    Chicago, IL

    11/12/2021 – 11/21/2021
    Centralia College
    Centralia, WA

    10/28/2021 – 10/30/2021
    Lawrence University
    Appleton, WI

    10/22/2021 – 10/30/2021
    Coe College
    Cedar Rapids, IA

    10/7/2021 – 10/24/2021
    College Of Dupage
    Glen Ellyn, IL

    6/5/2021 – 6/5/2021
    Montyland Productions
    Madison, WI

    4/21/2021 – 4/23/2021
    Echo Theater Collective
    Oak Park, IL

    3/12/2021 – 3/13/2021
    Wilshire Baptist Church
    Dallas, TX

    2/26/2021 – 2/26/2021
    Butler University
    Indianapolis, IN

    2/4/2021 – 2/6/2021
    Wilshire Baptist Church
    Dallas, TX

    11/21/2020 – 11/21/2020
    San Jose State University
    San Jose, CA

    11/19/2020 – 11/22/2020
    Webster University
    St. Louis, MO

    11/19/2020 – 11/22/2020
    School Of Performing Arts
    Brookings, SD

    11/13/2020 – 11/19/2020
    Oakton Community College
    Des Plaines, IL

    11/12/2020 – 11/22/2020
    The Abbey Players
    Belmont, NC

    11/6/2020 – 11/14/2020
    Up And Coming Theatre
    McHenry, IL

    10/30/2020 – 11/7/2020
    Anoka-Ramsey Community College
    Coon Rapids, MN

    10/30/2020 – 11/8/2020
    Christopher Newport University
    Newport News, VA

    10/23/2020 – 10/31/2020
    Le Moyne College
    Syracuse, NY

    11/8/2019 – 11/17/2019
    Dartmouth College Department Of Theater
    Hanover, NH

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