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Golden Child (Ravenhill)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 6any gender (adult)
Taking inspiration from Oedipus and Chilean children who were taken from their biological parents to support the Pinochet regime, GOLDEN CHILD follows a young man's journey discovering that the people he knew to be his parents his whole life are not actually his parents.
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Cast Size
6any gender (adult) -
Duration
60 minutes (1 hour) -
Subgenre
Experimental -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
Taking inspiration from Oedipus and Chilean children who were taken from their biological parents to support the Pinochet regime, GOLDEN CHILD follows a young man's journey discovering that the people he knew to be his parents his whole life are not actually his parents.
History
GOLDEN CHILD premiered as a part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 in a production by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
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Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
- Cautions
- Drugs
- Intense Adult Themes
- Strong Language
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
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Authors
Mark Ravenhill
Mark Ravenhill was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex in 1966. He studied Drama and English at Bristol University. His first play, Shopping and Fucking, was produced by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre in 1996. Subsequent plays include Faust Is Dead and Handbag (both ...
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