JOURNAL OF AN URBAN ROBINSON CRUSOE
LONDON & BRIGHTON
BY
DES MARSHALL
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE 2012
AT
THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE
SHIP STREET
BRIGHTON BN1 1AF
The highly acclaimed novel by Des Marshall adapted for the stage and directed by HARRY MEACHER comes to Brighton Festival for five performances only.
with
JUDI BOWKER, JOHN FAIRFOUL, VICTORIA KEMPTON, ADAM LEWIS, ROGER SANSOM, ED TOLL
with
JUDI BOWKER, JOHN FAIRFOUL, VICTORIA KEMPTON, ADAM LEWIS, ROGER SANSOM, ED TOLL
ON - LINE BOOKING
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Journal of an Urban Robinson Crusoe is a portrait of a troubled yet
resilient and compassionate man and the people he meets in London and
Brighton: the lost, the lonely, the loud, the ordinary, the disconnected - a
multitude of outsiders who exist everywhere in Britain's urban society.
“One man’s struggle . . . But pleasantly surprising”
“It offers piercing insights . . . And has moments of real tenderness, sadness
and pleasure.” - Open Mind.
“Surprising, entertaining and often witty . . . “
“The memoir of a man living through a depressive illness . . . Paradoxically,
the text is easy and enjoyable to read . . . There are strong echoes of Hesse,
Dostoevsky and existential crises of Camus and Sartre. Had the book been
written in, say, French or Czech, it would probably have been published by a
heavyweight European publisher as a literary novella.” - Mental Health Today.
“One man's struggle for survival amidst the hubris of urban chaos . . . a voyage
of self discovery." - Rob Whitley, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
First Produced in 2010 by Leonie Scott-Mathews at
PENTAMETERS THEATRE, Hampstead.
Stage presentation by Harry Meacher
resilient and compassionate man and the people he meets in London and
Brighton: the lost, the lonely, the loud, the ordinary, the disconnected - a
multitude of outsiders who exist everywhere in Britain's urban society.
“One man’s struggle . . . But pleasantly surprising”
“It offers piercing insights . . . And has moments of real tenderness, sadness
and pleasure.” - Open Mind.
“Surprising, entertaining and often witty . . . “
“The memoir of a man living through a depressive illness . . . Paradoxically,
the text is easy and enjoyable to read . . . There are strong echoes of Hesse,
Dostoevsky and existential crises of Camus and Sartre. Had the book been
written in, say, French or Czech, it would probably have been published by a
heavyweight European publisher as a literary novella.” - Mental Health Today.
“One man's struggle for survival amidst the hubris of urban chaos . . . a voyage
of self discovery." - Rob Whitley, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London
First Produced in 2010 by Leonie Scott-Mathews at
PENTAMETERS THEATRE, Hampstead.
Stage presentation by Harry Meacher
