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The Clearing - May 2003
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"The Clearing"
by Helen Edmundson |
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Performed at:
Theater im Seefeld. Kirchgemeindehaus Neumünster, Seefeldstrasse 91, 8034 Zurich May 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 2003 Script ISBN 1-85459-281-5 
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The Clearing is set in 17th century Ireland, as Cromwell's men are systematically
transporting women and children, and forcing Irish landowners and English royalists off their land. Robert Preston, politically neutral, apparently, with no inheritance in England but possessed of lands in Ireland, is married to Madeleine, an Irish woman. When Madeleine's childhood friend Killaine is taken by English soldiers to be sent to the West Indies, she pleads with the English governor, Sir Charles Sturman, for her release. Sturman's response is to order Madeleine and Robert to be transplanted with their child to barren Connaught, in the west of Ireland. But Robert refuses to go. |
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Cast in order of appearance
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KILLAINE FARRELL
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Susi Bott |
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PIERCE KINSELLAGH
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Daoud Benedetti |
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SOLOMON WINTER
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Alan Bridgman |
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SUSANEH WINTER
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Joan Bridgman |
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ROBERT PRESTON
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Terry Menard |
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MADELEINE PRESTON
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Sylvia Lynch |
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SIR CHARLES STURMAN
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David Roscoe |
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A COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPLANTATION
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Tom Hofmaenner |
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A SAILOR
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Tom Hofmaenner |
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AN APPEAL JUDGE
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Tom Hofmaenner |
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DIRECTED by Patricia Peggs
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| David Roscoe | Terry Menard | Daoud Benedetti | Sylvia Lynch | Alan & Joan Bridgman | Susi Bott |
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"The Clearing"
by Helen Edmundson |
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The Final Production: MAY 2003
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