Mother Clap's Molly House
by Mark Ravenhill, Matthew Scott
Full Length Play, Dark Comedy / 14m, 7f
Mark Ravenhill's play "Mother Clap's Molly House" explores the gay subculture of 18th-century London.
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Cast Size
14m, 7fDuration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)Subgenre
Period, Experimental, Romantic ComedyTarget Audience
- Adult
Additional Info
Reviews
"Ravenhill's writing is tough, eloquent, sardonic, with some of the barbed formality of the Resotration style, which gets brutally peeled off in the present-day scenes. This is not a play you 'enjoy'. This is not a gay play either... The message of this play is not 'Come out', but 'Come in'." John Peter, Sunday Times"Mark Ravenhill clearly likes to have it both ways. In this wonderfuly exuberant new musical play, he celebrates Sodom like there's no Gomorrah...Delicate souls may be offended but there is no doubting the sincerity of Ravenhill's assault on the tranformation of sex into a dirty business." - Michael Billington, Guardian
"A theatrical manifesto for sexual tolerance that teeters wildly between the politics of Bertolt Brecht and the in-your-face deviancy of a gay nightclub...Ravenhill combines graphic sex with a generosity of spirit." - Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph
"In this wonderfully exuberant new musical play at the Lyttelton, he celebrates Sodom like there's no Gomorrah. But the satirist in him also attacks the commodification of sex and the resultant loss of love. The result is an evening rich in rudery and ambivalence." - The Guardian
"... there’s something richly moving about witnessing the aesthetic coming-of-age of Shopping and Fucking scribe Ravenhill, whose new play evinces less interest in shock value per se than in showing an unexpected tenderness toward characters who are themselves struggling toward love." - Variety
Considerations
Performing Groups
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Large Stage
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
- Intense Adult Themes
- Nudity/Partial Nudity
License details
- Minimum Fee: $90 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, 18th Century
- Duration: More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Setting: London 1726 and London present day
- Additional Features: Play w/ Music
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Period Costumes
Casting
14m, 7fMRS. TULL
STEPHEN TULL
MARTIN, THEIR APPRENTICE
PRINCESS SERAPHINA
WHORES
AMELIA
AMY
MARY CRANTON
MARY BOLTON
WORKING MEN
KEDGER
PHILIPS
THOMAS ORME, THEIR APPRENTICE
GABRIEL LAWRENCE
DEITIES
GOD
EROS
JOSH
WILL
CHARLIE
TINA
TOM
EDWARD
PHIL
Cast Attributes
- Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
- Drag performance
- Expandable casting
- Room for Extras
Resources
Rehearsal Resources
Music Material Rental Packages
Full Package
Optional Piano/Vocal Score Available.
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