"it's a question of survival." My one-act play Taiwan, set in rural Scotland (adaptable to England / Wales), has nothing to do with the island. Two women in generational conflict as society begins to breakdown (plus their male partners). Script and rights at www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-...
👖 Working women unite this #InternationalWomensDay ! Helen Monaghan & Maggie Wallace discussed their role in the Lee Jeans occupation of 1981 on @stv.news , and call out for other participants to be honoured in Stand & Deliver.
Watch back here: news.stv.tv/west-central...
#BreakALeg to all the presenters, performers and nominees at The WhatsOnStage Awards, the only major UK theatre awards decided by theatregoers themselves, which will be held tonight at the iconic London Palladium
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"You were faithful . . . in your fashion."
A gradnmother talks to her husband at the end of the day in my one-woman play Sunset - rights for deeply moving monologue are available for a talented actor in her sixties or early seventies. www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-...
Two of my one plays were inspired by life in Los Angeles - which I consider the real-life version of J G Ballard's Vermilion Sands.
Read my latest substack post: actserious.substack.com/p/ben-and-jo...
Frederick Rolfe was convinced not only should he be made a priest but only he had the moral authority to be Pope. From that belief - that fantasy - came Hadrian VII, in which an Englishman denied the priesthood for years is suddenly elected to the papacy. actserious.substack.com/p/prospero-a...
"I never spoke to him". Decades later, Tadzio, the beautiful boy in Death in Venice, looks back at that fateful summer. One-man play ideal for older actor. www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-...
"The greatest master of all is Passion, who makes slaves of us all." The life of the 18th century adventurer and libertine in 45 minutes. Performing rights: www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-...
"Take God from me and everything I hold to be dear, my whole existence from first communion to this very evening, is a lie, an illusion."
Angel - 40 minute one-man play about a tormented RC priest. Performing rights: www.martinforeman.com/scripts-and-...
Child's Play: is Stranger Things child abuse?
My latest substack post: actserious.substack.com/p/childs-play
A photo of the neon sign that’s blue of the paradise Theatre on Bloor Street. It is an article theatre with a classic gold marquee. It says October 9 queer Cinema club, cruising on its marquee.
Welcome to Paradise.
Even on a rainy day .
#EastCoastKin
What do you have in mind?
Olwen Wymark and "The Inhabitants"
actserious.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
Are you ghosting me?
Just what you always wanted to read - a post on personal pronouns in the Thai language . . .
actserious.substack.com/p/are-you-gh...
"Whence came my hatred?"
My last in a series of substack posts about The Merchant of Venice
actserious.substack.com/p/whence-cam...
"That sucks. Sod off!"
What exactly do you mean?
actserious.substack.com/p/that-sucks...
The latest in my series of analyses of characters and plot in The Merchant of Venice
actserious.substack.com/p/i-should-q...
I have a theatrical blog on substack, currently looking at the characters and plot of #themerchantofvenice. The latest post is actserious.substack.com/p/in-belmont...
