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Ecstasy

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3w, 3m

Mike Leigh

A comedy of low-life manners from the man whose "strength is his satirical observation of English tribal customs."--"Guardian" (UK)

Ecstasy

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    3w, 3m

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Summary
Jean works in a garage and consoles herself with drink and perfunctory sex. Jean's insistent neighbour, Dawn, and Dawn's Irish labourer husband, Mick, and Mick's spineless mucker, Len, all join her in a funny, drunken, sad celebration of their mutual affection and bleak lives.

Media

"The freshest, funniest, most invigorating theater I've seen in ages." - N.Y. Daily News.

"Through a wealth of casually dispensed personal detail and naturalistic ensemble acting of astonishing intensity and nuance, Ecstasy cheerily bares the soul of a society on a precipice.... Its compassion for its characters goes to the bone." - N.Y. Times

"Unconventional and hard edged, [ Ecstasy] casts a spell suggesting a sense of spying on reality, of casually eavesdropping on life.... A rewarding play." - N.Y. Post

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  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, at Camberwell and Central Art Schools in London, and at the London Film School. He has written and directed over twenty stage plays. These include Babies Grow Old (1974), Abigail's Party (1977), Ecstasy (1979), Goose ...
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