Great Apes

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Great Apes

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Authors: Patrick Marmion, Will Self

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Collection: Oberon Modern Plays

Language: English

Published by: Oberon Books

Published on: 20th March 2018

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 104 pages

ISBN: 9781786824745


Originally a novel by Will Self

Great Apes is a hilarious, disturbing and dazzlingly original take on man's place in the evolutionary chain.

When Turner Prize-winning artist Simon Dykes wakes up one morning after a wild night out, he finds his world has changed beyond recognition. His girlfriend, Sarah, has turned into a chimpanzee. And to his horror, so has everyone else. Immediately rushed to hospital, Simon is taken into the care of charismatic radical psychiatrist Zack Busner and treated for being under the psychotic delusion that he's human.

This raucous new stage adaptation from Patrick Marmion (The Divided Laing) mixes razor-sharp language with movement and puppetry, journeying into the mystery of what it means to be a human being.

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