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The Cane

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 1m

The Cane explores power, control, identity and gender as well as considering the major failure of the echo-chamber of liberalism.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
It will be the biggest send off any teacher has ever had. No teacher is as loved. After 45 years as a dedicated teacher, Edward is looking forward to the imminent celebration to mark his retirement.

But his home is under siege. A mob of angry students have gathered. A brick has been thrown through the window, he and his wife haven't left the house for six days, and now his estranged daughter has arrived with her own questions.

Why would they attack the most popular teacher in the school? The Cane explores power, control, identity and gender as well as considering the major failure of the echo-chamber of liberalism.
History
The Cane was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London on 6 December 2018.
EDWARD
MAUREEN
ANNA
  • Time Period Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Short, tense, provocative.” – The Guardian

“There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill ... He is - it is now yet more evident - a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism.” – Financial Times

“Clever, witty and slyly provocative.” – The Independent

“Mark Ravenhill's tense and slippery new play” – The Stage

“This is a play full of pain, hard to watch and horribly compelling. Unmissable.” – The Times

“Ravenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily, than any other playwright of his generation.” – Time Out

“The tense, timely new play by Mark Ravenhill raises incisive questions about injustice and reparation.” – Variety

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Mark Ravenhill

Mark Ravenhill was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex in 1966. He studied Drama and English at Bristol University. His first play Shopping and Fucking was produced by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre in 1996. Subsequent plays include Faust Is Dead and Handbag (both ...
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