2Graves
Bobby Tops is riding on the crest of a wave, poised to take the crown at the 1978 World Professional Darts Championship. Only now he’s dead. His son Jack seeks his revenge on those he believes are responsible for his father’s downfall – and we’re with him every step of the way as life turns him from adoring son to hard bitten criminal.
Summary
A contemporary verse monologue exploring the terrifying dangers of violence and revenge.
Published/Playtext
The play was first published by Oberon Books Ltd in 2006.
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd (7 Nov 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1840027134
ISBN-13: 978-1840027136
Reviews
(Five stars: 'Unmissable', four stars: 'Excellent')
“The genius of Paul Sellar’s writing is that he turns low life everyday melodrama into the stuff of high Greek tragedy... a stunning monologue”
Patrick Marmion
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“This surprising underworld shocker is always going to turn a few heads. Engaging and rewarding.”
Jonathan Gibbs
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"Verse-drama is hardly in vogue, but that might change with Paul Sellar's stunning monologue charting a son's bid to avenge his father's death in the East End Underworld.
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“Gripping... there’s an almost Oresteia like magnificence to this revenge cycle… contains the year's most bleakly beautiful lines.”
Fiona Mountford
The Evening Standard
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“This is raw blunt stuff. And it’s absorbing too.”
Benedict Nightingale
The Times
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“A joy... a blistering script... a virtuoso performance. A bulls eye!”
Sarah Hemming
The Daily Express
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“Powerful... beautiful... this brave, bold drama holds us spellbound.”
Mark Shenton
The Sunday Express
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“A work of rare skill and intense artistry.”
Quentin Letts
Daily Mail
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“Gives rise to humour and dramatic excitement. And it all proves unexpectedly compelling and distinctly Euripidean”
Charles Spenser
The Telegraph
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“The Arts opens with a theatrical cracker… A rarity… a modern verse drama that works… Jonathan Moore’s performance is astonishing.”
Paul Taylor
The Independent
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"Two Graves by Paul Sellar is a fascinating piece of contemporary verse and proved an excellent vehicle for Eddie Arnold.”
Paul Vale
The Spotlight Prize Showcase 2011
The Stage
"A thriller full of revenge and violence."
Mark Cook
The Guardian
"2Graves at re-opened Arts Theatre"
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