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! it consists of three pieces threaded together by a theme of greed.

First performed with this title at the Auto & General Theatre on the Square as part of the Arts Alive Festival in 2013, directed by Sylvaine Strike and starring Lionel Newton. The pieces performed a rendition of Robert Browning’s famous poetic account of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a satirical look at the colonial legacy called The Handover by Nick Warren. The final piece, Jasmine’s Jewel by Lionel Newton.

In 2014 it was revived, reconstructed as a two man piece with music, and renamed as Agreed. The vignettes remain three monologues performed by a single actor, but now includes a multi-disciplinary duet between Kutlwano Masote on cello, and actor Lionel Newton.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2014: Revived, reconstructed as a two-man piece with music, and renamed as Agreed. The vignettes remain three monologues performed by a single actor, but now includes a multi-disciplinary duet between an actor and a cellist. Directed: by Sylvaine Strike with Lionel Newton, Kutlwano Masote (cello)