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I have just returned from Edinburgh where I attended a performance of Scaramouche Jones, performed by the playwright.
Against the backdrop of the 20th century, Scaramouche enacts a life of pain, loss, adventure, triumph and search for identity. The century and its significant events are chronicled through the eyes of Scaramouche, the orphaned illegitimate son of a gypsy whore.
I was intensely moved by this stunning piece of theatre. The story was compelling and the performance was poignant, funny, tragic and singularly captivating. I was swept along in the tidal wave of his journeys, his lives, his masks and his final curtain, descending as the millennium rockets herald the 21st century.
Two days on, I am still processing the immense impact of this story and the images which remain with me of this stunning theatrical spectacle.
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Scaramouche Jones: Or the Seven White Masks (Methuen Drama) by Justin Butcher
noniecohen, August 19, 2008
I have just returned from Edinburgh where I attended a performance of Scaramouche Jones, performed by the playwright.Against the backdrop of the 20th century, Scaramouche enacts a life of pain, loss, adventure, triumph and search for identity. The century and its significant events are chronicled through the eyes of Scaramouche, the orphaned illegitimate son of a gypsy whore.
I was intensely moved by this stunning piece of theatre. The story was compelling and the performance was poignant, funny, tragic and singularly captivating. I was swept along in the tidal wave of his journeys, his lives, his masks and his final curtain, descending as the millennium rockets herald the 21st century.
Two days on, I am still processing the immense impact of this story and the images which remain with me of this stunning theatrical spectacle.
(1 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)