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HANGMAN Productions Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Drama Academy, Mumbai, India Kents Hill School, Kents Hill, ME AHSDFA One Act Play Festival, High River, Alberta, Canada Creative Voices, New York, NY Agoura High School, Agoura, CA Love Creek Productions, New York, NY Impact Theatre, New York, NY Love Creek Productions One-Act Play Festival, Nat Horne Theatre, New York, NY Staged readings Robey Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA Carrie Productions, Los Angeles, CA Playwrights Center of San Francisco |
HANGMAN"Hangman" written by William Borden is a great example of the universal issue of freedom and justice. Peter Kwong is a freedom fighter inciting people to stand up against the government and gets lynched by Ben Jurand's character for his troubles. Jurand tosses Kwong around like a rag doll and just to be evil, makes Kwong tie his own noose. These men combat each other in intellectual wordplay. Kwong does his best to stall for more time but Jurand isn't falling for the tricks. He will fulfill his job. Jurand is ferocious as the executor and Kwong is the underdog to stand behind. Splash Magazine HANGMAN (THEODORE stands on a stool. He's having trouble tying a rope to a pipe or beam. ROGER watches him. Both men wear nondescript clothes that haven't been changed for days. ROGER wears a cap of some kind, not very official looking, and a pistol slung around his waist. Suddenly THEODORE stops.) THEODORE Are you sure the order's for me? ROGER (Pats his pocket.) "Order of execution." THEODORE For who! ROGER For whom. THEODORE For whom! ROGER For you. THEODORE You don't even know my name! |
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