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A young urban couple consider whether or not to have a child in today’s toxic and insecure environment, beset by global warming and political unrest. | A young urban couple consider whether or not to have a child in today’s toxic and insecure environment, beset by global warming and political unrest. | ||
| + | The play premiered in October 2011 at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., directed by Aaron Posner and starring Ryan King and Brooke Bloom. The British debut in the same month was at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, directed by Richard Wilson, and starring Alistair Cope and Kate O'Flynn. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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https://www.thequickeningtheatrecompany.com/ | https://www.thequickeningtheatrecompany.com/ | ||
Latest revision as of 09:23, 6 April 2025
Lungs is a play Duncan Macmillan (1980-)[1]
Contents
The original text
A young urban couple consider whether or not to have a child in today’s toxic and insecure environment, beset by global warming and political unrest.
The play premiered in October 2011 at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., directed by Aaron Posner and starring Ryan King and Brooke Bloom. The British debut in the same month was at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, directed by Richard Wilson, and starring Alistair Cope and Kate O'Flynn.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2024: Produced by The Quickening Theatre Company and Gloucester Productions and performed at the Theatre on the Bay 7-24 February. Directed by Bianca Amato with Jazzara Jaslyn and Sanda Shandu. Associate Director Kensiwe Tshabalala, set and lighting design: Patrick Curtis, sound design: Neil Kuny and stage manager: Progress Mphande
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungs_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Macmillan_(playwright)
https://www.thequickeningtheatrecompany.com/
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