Agreed is the title of a trilogy of three plays by Robert Browning, Nick Warren and Lionel Newton

BEING EDITED

The original text

Originally titled Rats! (performed 2013) the play consists of three pieces/vignettes threaded together by a theme of greed. The pieces performed consist of:

Rats!, a rendition of Robert Browning’s famous poetic account of The Pied Piper of Hamelin,

The Handover (The Hand-over), a satirical look at the colonial legacy by Nick Warren

Jasmine's Jewel by Lionel Newton.

In 2014 the trilogy was reconstructed as a two-man piece with music and renamed for performance as Agreed. The vignettes remain three monologues performed by a single actor, but now included a multi-disciplinary duet between an actor and a cellist.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2013: First performed as Rats! at the Auto & General Theatre on the Square as part of the Arts Alive Festival, directed by Sylvaine Strike and starring Lionel Newton.

2014: The reconstructed two-man piece, renamed as Agreed, performed in The Laager at the Market Theatre In January. Directed: by Sylvaine Strike with Lionel Newton (actor) and Kutlwano Masote (cello)