Camdram

    presents...

    Marvin's Room
    By Scott McPherson

    19:30, Tue 17th – Sat 21st November 2009 at Corpus Playroom
    Michaelmas Week 6

    Scott McPherson’s dark and mordantly funny comedy is about one woman’s commitment to caring for her family first, even in the face of personal tragedy. Nominated in 1992 for the Drama Desk Awards Outstanding New Play, the title character, who is never seen onstage, has been dying for 20 years. Bessie, Marvin’s daughter, has been taking care of Marvin and her aunt all her adult life, and she will continue to do so until they drop or she does.

    Her relationship with her sister is a different story...Estranged since their father's first stroke some 17 years earlier, Lee and Bessie lead separate lives in separate states. Lee has two sons, neither of whom are particularly normal: Charlie always has his nose in a book, and (in a more extreme example of abnormality) Hank was committed to a psychiatric hospital after setting fire to the house. Early in the play we discover Bessie has leukaemia and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. This necessitates a call to her sister...The impact that Bessie has on Lee and her sons, particularly Hank, is the underlying story of Marvin’s Room.

    Cast

    Lee
    Charlie
    Aunt Ruth
    Dr Wally
    Retirement Home Director
    Dr Charlotte,

    Production Team

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    Producer
    Publicity Designer
    Lighting Designer
    Set Designer
    Sound Designer
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