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Through a Cloud

  • Jack Shepherd
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1960s
  • 3M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9781854598448

A battle of wits between Cromwell and John Milton, by the well-known actor Jack Shepherd.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1960s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre
A battle of wits between Cromwell and John Milton, by the well-known actor Jack Shepherd.

1656. Two revolutionaries meet in the woods at Hampton Court: the blind poet, John Milton, and his long-term comrade, Oliver Cromwell. But after the bitter ravages of revolution, regicide and civil war, freedom is hard to come to terms with.

Jack Shepherd's play Through a Cloud was first staged at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, in 2004.
REVIEWS:

"Manages to find not only humanity but also humour in two of the most important yet inscrutable figures in English history... maintains a grip on both the head and the heart."

 Metro

"Orchestrates a fascinating clash between two types of revolutionary."

 Independent

"Intriguing insight into life in England several years after the end of the bloody civil war... outstanding."

 Evening Mail

Premiere Production: Drum Theatre, Plymouth, 2004.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 1F
  • Casting Notes: Plus 1 non-speaking male

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A battle of wits between Cromwell and John Milton, by the well-known actor Jack Shepherd.

1656. Two revolutionaries meet in the woods at Hampton Court: the blind poet, John Milton, and his long-term comrade, Oliver Cromwell. But after the bitter ravages of revolution, regicide and civil war, freedom is hard to come to terms with.

Jack Shepherd's play Through a Cloud was first staged at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth, in 2004.

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