Neilson - Edward Gants amazing feats of loneliness: as transcribed by Mr Anthony Neilson for the illustrious Theatre Royal, Plymouth this year of Our Lord, 1881

Anthony Neilson
Edward Gants
Amazing Feats of Loneliness
As transcribed by Mr Anthony Neilson
For the illustrious Theatre Royal, Plymouth
This year of Our Lord, 1881
Methuen Drama Published by Methuen Drama 2009 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Methuen Drama
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first published by Methuen Drama in 2008 Copyright 2008, 2009 Anthony Neilson Anthony Neilson has asserted his rights under
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regulations of the country of origin. Table of ContentsEdward Gants Amazing
Feats of Loneliness by Anthony Neilson

NICHOLAS LUDD	Paul Barnhill
JACK DEARLOVE	Sam Cox
MADAME POULET	Emma Handy
EDWARD GANT	Simon Kunz
Director	Steve Marmion
Designer	Tom Scutt
Lighting Designer	Malcolm Rippeth
Composer & Sound Designer	Tom Mills
Casting Director	Julia Horan
Assistant Director	Jack McNamara
Production Manager	Matt Noddings
Company Stage Manager	Nick Hill
Deputy Stage Manager	Rebecca James
Assistant Stage Manager	Sam Orme
Costume Supervisor and
Wardrobe Manager	Antonia Rudgard
Production LX/Re-Lighter	Joe Kennion
Set Build	RK Resources
Set Transport	Southern Van Lines
Lighting Hires	Hawthorn Theatrical
Production Insurance	Giles Insurance
Press	Cliona Roberts
(0207 704 6224, cliona@crpr.co.uk)
Production Photography	Manuel Harlan
Graphic Design	Eureka! (www.eureka.co.uk)

With thanks to: Molly Einchcomb, Max Humphries,
National Youth Theatre, Jenny Lee and Jag Props CastPAUL BARNHILL (NICHOLAS LUDD) Training: East 15 and Salford College. Theatre: includes Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Ceasar,The Tempest, Twelfth Night (RSC); The Merchant ofVenice, Anna Karenina (Bolton Octagon); Flamingoland,The Bat, East Lynne, Romeo and Juliet, Kes (New Vic Theatre); King Cotton (The Lowry/Liverpool Empire); Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Crucible); Faustus (Northampton Theatre Royal); The Merchant ofVenice, Henry V, A Woman Killed With Kindness, Antony and Cleopatra (Northern Broadsides); Search and Destroy (New End Hampstead); Death of a Salesman, The Nativity, Whisper of Angels Wings, Julius Ceasar,All That Trouble That We Had (Birmingham Rep); Alls Well That Ends Well (Nuffield Southampton); Tom Jones (Theatr Clwyd); Taking Liberties (Chester Gateway Theatre); Hamlet (National Studio). West End:Die Fledermaus (Sadlers Wells); Pirates of Penzance (Queens Theatre); Yeoman of the Guard (The Savoy); RSC Season (Novello). Televison: includes Holby City, Doctors, The Real Arnie Griffen, TheFabulous Bagel Boys, Peak Practice and the racist villain Josh Carter in Brookside.Film:Anorak of Fire and Mike Leighs Topsy Turvy.Writing Credits: Comedies- Edge Falls (series 1 and 2); The Spaceship (series 1 and 2); Beyond The Pole, Beyond the Back of Beyond, Casualties,Bloody Rough Holiday Guide (BBC); Flyfishing (Shooting Pictures). SAM COX (JACK DEARLOVE) Theatre: includes Oedipus, The UN Inspector (National); So Close to Home (Arcola); On Religion (British Council); Shrieks of Laughter (Soho Theatre); Tintin (Barbican); Festen (Almeida/West End); SerjeantMusgraves Dance (OSC); Great Expectations (Bristol Old Vic); Arabian Night (ATC/Soho Theatre); ThePower of Darkness, The Revengers Tragedy (Orange Tree); Sweet Dreams (Sphinx Theatre Company); A Dolls House (Birmingham Rep); Uncle Silas (Lyric Hammersmith/Tour); Dearly Beloved (Hampstead/Tour); A Bright Room Called Day (Bush); Insignificance, The Ruling Class (Liverpool Playhouse); Run for your Wife (West End); Macbeth, The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (Young Vic); Jesus ChristSuperstar, Jeeves, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (West End); God in Ruins, Macbeth, King John, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II,Troilus and Cressida (RSC). Television: includes The Commander, Inspector Lynley Mysteries, SuitableVengeance, Doctor Who III, Doctor Who II, The Last Will and Testament ofBilly Two Sheds, Holby City, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, The Wings ofAngels, London Bridge, Peak Practice, Crime Traveler, Madson, Back Up,Prime Suspect, Kavanagh QC, The Chief, Dandelion Dead, The Bill, ForeignAffairs, The Orchid House, Die Kinder, Bergerac, Blind Justice, Dead Head,McKenzie, The Chinese Detective, Fords on Water.Film: includes Agora, Hippie Hippie Shake, Double Heartbeat, Call at Corazon,Burnt Fen.Radio: includes Festen (BBC).
EMMA HANDY (MADAME POULET) Training: LAMDA Theatre: includes Crown Matrimonial (ACT); A Midsummer Nights Dream; Vincent in Brixton (National/West End); 50 Revolutions (Trafalgar Studios); The Merchant of Venice, Bad Weather,Twelfth Night (RSC); The Wood Demon (Playhouse); Csongor Es Tunde (Merlin International, Budapest). Television: includes Wire in the Blood 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Silent Witness , Beneath the Skin, William and Mary 2 , Hear the Silence, The Bill, Real Crime, Emma Brody, See Me, Innocents, Black Cab, PretendingNext page