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Don Juan in Soho

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 7m

Patrick Marber

Don Juan in Soho
by Patrick Marber, after Moliere

Patrick Marber's updating of Molière's Don Juan has transposed the action to today's London where this modern-day wastrel is let loose among the fleshpots of Soho. DJ is an utter cad, an aristocrat who will bed anything female and attractive without…

Don Juan in Soho

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 7m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy

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Summary
Patrick Marber's updating of Molière's Don Juan has transposed the action to today's London where this modern-day wastrel is let loose among the fleshpots of Soho. DJ is an utter cad, an aristocrat who will bed anything female and attractive without a thought for the consequences. In a demotic script full of foul language and irresistible filthy jokes Marber uses the character to lay into the idiocies of our age, notably our obsession with celebrity.
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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A hotel lobby, hospital A & E, Soho Square
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language

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“[The play] is energetic, and sparkles with comic brio. [It] radiates a dark wit and is studded with memorable lines.” — The Arts Desk

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Patrick Marber

Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber was born in London in 1964. He began his career as a writer in 1986. He co-wrote and appeared in a number of radio and television programmes including The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You. In 1995 his first play, Dealer’s Choice, premiered at the National ...
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