SHE (paperback) by Anthony Clark
£10.99
Charting the experiences of different women from childhood to old age, SHE is comprised of seven short plays for women, each with an intriguing twist.
Will she stop the baby crying, exact revenge on the school bully, fall in love and be loved, protest to change the world, accept advice from her mother’s friends, come to terms with an unexpected illness, and grow old with dignity? Loosely inspired by The Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare’s As You Like It, SHE is an enthralling play, comprised of seven short plays, for between two and fourteen versatile actors. Charting the experiences of different women from childhood to old age, these stories, each with an intriguing twist, are visceral, poignant and laced with humour.
SHE, comprising seven duologues, was first produced by Theatre Accord in association with The Production Exchange, and first performed at the Tara Theatre, London on 9 February 2023 . Then on tour to Cheltenham Everyman, Midlands Arts Centre, The Belgrade Coventry, The Theatre Royal Winchester, Swindon Arts Centre, The Lighthouse Poole, The Merlin Frome, The Phoenix Exeter, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and the Omnibus in Clapham.
Casting: 2-14 women
“Enthralling scenes from the seven ages of women
Anthony Clark’s series of short plays forms an eloquent
meditation on life, mortality and the passage of time” – The Guardian
| Dimensions | 203 × 127 cm |
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| Format | paperback |
| Extent | 94 |
| ISBN | 9781739103057 |
| Publication date | 9th February 2023 |
Anthony is a multi-award winning director who first came to prominence for student productions of his own plays IVAN and YELLOW MONDAY, for which he won the RSC Buzz Goodbody Best Director’s Award at NSDF and a Special Production Award at LSDF respectively. Since then he has directed a host of critically acclaimed and award winning shows. He spent two years as an Assistant and then Resident Director at The Orange Tree Theatre, London; six years as Artistic Director of Contact Theatre, Manchester; twelve years as Associate, and then Artistic Associate Director at The Birmingham Rep with special responsibility for the programming of The Door, and seven years as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre, London. Throughout his career he has freelanced extensively including at The National Theatre, RSC, Bristol Old Vic, The Young Vic, Nottingham Playhouse, Watford Palace, Leicester Haymarket and Tara Arts.
Since 2010, he has been working as a freelance director, leading the MA Directing Course at E15 and the Drama Centre, Central Saint Martins UAL, and the MA Dramatic Writing Course .
In 2016 he set up his own company Theatre Accord.
