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'TWAS TWO TO A GRAVE
By Peter Hilton
In 1724 a book titled "A General History of the Robberies and
Murders of the most notorious Pyrates" was published under
the authorship of Captain Charles Johnson. But scholars argue that the
actual scribe was none other than Daniel Defoe, the so-called “father
of journalism” and himself a prolific writer of novels that include Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
What is of particular interest is that these piratical descriptions
contain the first (and only) contemporary accounts of those infamous
female pirates of the Caribbean, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Their story
is extraordinary.
This twisting one act play investigates the creative genius of Daniel
Defoe as he struggles to balance a desire for truth against the mounting
issue of his own crippling debt. The more he molds the female characters
of his latest book the more dangerous they become as they swashbuckle
each other for historical immortality.
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CAST
Daniel Defoe ............................................... Robert
J. Hamilton
Charlie Johnson ....................................................
Peter Hilton
Mary Read ........................................................
Carrie Brewer
Anne Bonny ..........................................................
Bevin Kaye
CREATIVE TEAM
Director ................................................................
Peter Hilton
Fight Director ............................................. Robert
J. Hamilton
Lighting Design ......................................................
Tina Polzin
Sound Design .......................................................
Peter Hilton
Costume Design ................................................
Carrie Brewer
Stage Manager ......................................................
Tina Polzin
Assistant Stage Manager .......................................
Lisa Rinaldi
* If you want to read the original accounts of the lives of
Anne Bonny and Mary Read (among other famous C18th pirates) the
source for this play is “A
General History of the Pirates”, edited by Manuel
Schonhorn.
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Photographs by Dick Hinkley © 2004
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