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Fragile
Fragile is a short dialogue between Jack, a client of a mental health care centre, and Caroline, the centre director. The dialogue takes place in Caroline’s front room late at night. Jack has learned the centre is to be closed down. He thinks he know a way to save it from closure and he has broken in to Caroline’s house to tell her about his plan.
In this play Jack is played by an actor but Caroline is played by the audience who read their lines off a screen projecting the words in Power Point.
Fragile was written for the Theatre Uncut Project in which a number of writers wrote plays in response to cuts in public services. Mark Ravenhill and I had discussed a joint protest project exploring the issues. Later Mark made contact with Hannah Price and Libby Brodie who made the whole extraordinary project come alive. All six plays were then premiered in a short run at Southwark Playhouse before a day of action in which they were performed simultaneously by over 80 groups all across the UK.
In this play Jack is played by an actor but Caroline is played by the audience who read their lines off a screen projecting the words in Power Point.
Fragile was written for the Theatre Uncut Project in which a number of writers wrote plays in response to cuts in public services. Mark Ravenhill and I had discussed a joint protest project exploring the issues. Later Mark made contact with Hannah Price and Libby Brodie who made the whole extraordinary project come alive. All six plays were then premiered in a short run at Southwark Playhouse before a day of action in which they were performed simultaneously by over 80 groups all across the UK.
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David Greig
67 books35 followersDavid Greig is a Scottish dramatist. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969 and brought up in Nigeria. He studied drama at Bristol University and is now a well-known writer and director of plays. He has been commissioned by the Royal Court, the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company and was Artistic Director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh from 2015 until 2025, when he left to return to writing.
His first play was produced in Glasgow in 1992 and he has written many plays since, produced worldwide. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture Theatre Group with Graham Eatough in Glasgow.
His translations include Camus' Caligula (2003), Candide 2000, and When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, based on a book by Raja Shehadeh. Danmy 306 + Me (4 ever) (1999) is a play written for children.
David Greig's plays include The American Pilot (2005), about America's involvement in the Middle East and Eastern Europe; Pyrenees (2005) about a man who is found in the foothills of the Pyrenees, having lost his memory; and San Diego (2003), a journey through the American dream. His latest works are Gobbo, a modern- day fairytale; Herges Adverntures of Tintin, an adaptation; Yellow Moon (2006); and Damascus (2007)
His first play was produced in Glasgow in 1992 and he has written many plays since, produced worldwide. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture Theatre Group with Graham Eatough in Glasgow.
His translations include Camus' Caligula (2003), Candide 2000, and When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, based on a book by Raja Shehadeh. Danmy 306 + Me (4 ever) (1999) is a play written for children.
David Greig's plays include The American Pilot (2005), about America's involvement in the Middle East and Eastern Europe; Pyrenees (2005) about a man who is found in the foothills of the Pyrenees, having lost his memory; and San Diego (2003), a journey through the American dream. His latest works are Gobbo, a modern- day fairytale; Herges Adverntures of Tintin, an adaptation; Yellow Moon (2006); and Damascus (2007)
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