Wrecks is a one-man play by Neil LaBute, that was commissioned and produced by the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland. The play was a part of the city's Capital of Culture programme in 2005.[1]
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Productions[edit]
Wrecks premiered in the United States Off-Broadway at the Public Theater on October 10, 2006 (September 2006 in previews)[2] and closed on November 19, 2006. Ed Harris starred in the Everyman Palace Theatre production and reprised his role as 'Edward Carr' Off-Broadway, with direction by LaBute. [3][1][4]
Wrecks was produced at the Geffen Playhouse, Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater in Westwood, California in February and March 2010, with Ed Harris again playing the role of 'Edward Carr'.[5]
Concept[edit]
A man wakes in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine must overcome incredible odds to survive. A man awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. Smart News Keeping you current Wreck of Nazi Germany’s Most Advanced U-Boat Discovered Sunk in 1945, U-3523, a Type XXI sub, may have been attempting to smuggle high-ranking Nazis to Argentina. GENRE and PLOT DETAILS are mandatory in the topic header/title. Do NOT create vague topic headers like 'Romance' or 'YA Fantasy' or 'Looking for this book.' Threads with vague headers will be CLOSED. (Fix a header by clicking the small 'edit' link after the header - using the full Desktop website.) 2. Gated off-street parking is accessible off Browns Lane via the block paved drive, leading onto the double garage which benefits an electric roller shutter door, inter. View a selection of our latest properties for sale in Dordogne, in the Aquitaine region of France. If you are looking to purchase property in Dordogne please consult our property listings.
The plot centers around a man, Edward Carr, coming to terms with the death of his wife, and the dark secret that brought them together.
Critical reception[edit]
Ben Brantley wrote in his review in The New York Times: 'The whole raison d’être of this slender, prickly tease of a monologue, which opened last night at the Public Theater with an expert performance by Ed Harris, is a last-minute revelation meant to induce gasps of both shock and admiration for its having been built so neatly.Whether you gasp or merely sigh wearily will depend on your familiarity with, and fondness for, the prolific Mr. LaBute’s bleak moral vision of humankind.'[4]
Awards and nominations[edit]
The Off-Broadway production received nominations: 2007 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Solo Show; 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Solo Performance (Ed Harris); and 2007 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Solo Performance (Ed Harris).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ abLaBute, Neil. WrecksWrecks: And Other Plays, Macmillan, 2007, ISBN0865479704, pp.3-4
- ^Simonson, Robert. 'Neil LaBute's 'Wrecks', Starring Ed Harris, Begins at Public Theater' playbill.com, September 28, 2006
- ^ abWrecks lortel.org, accessed May 9, 2015
- ^ abBrantley, Ben. 'Theater Review. Suspicious of Life, Keeping Its Secrets'The New York Times, October 11, 2006
- ^McNulty, Charles. 'Review. 'Wrecks' at Geffen Playhouse'Los Angeles Times, February 8, 2010