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Remote Asylum
Mart Crowley
X
by Alistair Mcdowall
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Readers have mixed feelings about the play, with many praising its inventive writing and captivating sci-fi themes. While some found the first act engaging, others felt lost by the end, indicating challenges in the narrative structure. The unique ideas are lauded, but there are concerns about the practicality of staging such a complex script.
Inventive and original storytelling Gripping sci-fi horror elements Powerful themes of memory and time Confusing character dynamics Difficult to stage effectively
Synopsis
It's a tax write-off.
This is where they send the new, the under-qualified, the old.
And most of all the British.
Mars is full of blonde Americans.
It's like they're building the master race out there.
Billions of miles from home, the lone research base on Pluto has lost contact with Earth.
Unable to leave or send for help, the skeleton crew sit waiting.
Waiting.
Waiting long enough for time to start eating away at them.
To lose all sense of it.
To start seeing things in the dark outside.
Alistair McDowall's play X premiered at the Royal Court on 30 March 2016 in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs.
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 2016
Binding Paperback
Pages 176
Language English
ISBN-13 9781350004627
ISBN-10 1350004626
eISBN-13 9781350004634
LCC PR6113.C3797
X is a British mystery play written by Alistair Mcdowall and published by Methuen (2016).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play (eISBN 9781350004634).
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