welcome to our world premiere
supporting CITIZENs
The Citizens Theatre and Royal Lyceum Theatre are proud to present the World Premiere of Marilyn, a new play by Scottish playwright Sue Glover. We are thrilled to be working in partnership again, bringing together the talent and creativity of Scotland’s two major producing houses to present this landmark new play.
SPONSORS
Sue Glover has achieved widespread critical acclaim for her writing and it has been a privilege for us to work with her to present this latest piece, which is certain to be a highlight of the theatrical year and a significant addition to our dramatic canon. Marilyn is not simply a biographical snapshot of a moment in history but a thought-provoking examination of the pressures of celebrity and a raw human story of love, insecurity and betrayal.
CORPORATE CITIZENS
We hope you enjoy this striking new production from director Philip Howard. Anna Stapleton - Citizens Theatre Mark Thomson & Alex McGowan - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Headlong Theatre and the Nuffield Southampton, in association with Hull Truck present
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TRUSTS & FOUNDATIONS PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDERS The Bellahouston Bequest Fund The Binks Trust Cashback for Communities Fund The Cattanach Trust The Citizens Theatre Society The Craignish Trust Dumfries & Galloway Creative Education Arts Team Dr E Calder’s Foundation East Renfrewshire Council Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Glasgow South East Regeneration Agency Glasgow Works The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust The John Liston Trust JTH Charitable Trust Learning and Teaching Scotland The Merchants House of Glasgow The Mickel Fund The Nancie Massey Charitable Trust North Lanarkshire Council The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts The Robertson Trust The Robertson Scholarship Trust The Saints & Sinners Club of Scotland
Citizens Theatre and ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, EDINBURGH present The Scottish Arts Council – Inspiring Communities Fund The Scottish Arts Council – Lottery Funds South East Alternatives The Scottish Government – Science Engagement Grant South Lanarkshire Council The Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust The Trades House of Glasgow - The Commonweal Fund The W.M. Mann Foundation
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THE CAST
production team
THE CITIZENS COMPANY
Dominique HOLLIER – SIMONE SIGNORET Dominique has worked with several theatre companies in France including a long lasting collaboration with French director Laurent Terzieff. Credits include Ce que voit Fox, Henri IV, Brulés par la Glace, Mon Lit en Zinc, A Côté de moi. Dominique also translates plays into French, including those by Ronald Harwood, Don DeLillo, Caryl Churchill, Naomi Wallace, Zinne Harris, Gregory Burke, David Hare, David Mamet, Ariel Dorfman and Joe Penhall.
PHILIP HOWARD - DIRECTOR KENNY MILLER - DESIGNER CHARLES BALFOUR - LIGHTING DESIGNER GRAHAM SUTHERLAND - SOUND DESIGNER ANDREW PANTON - VOICE AND MOVEMENT DIRECTOR AMANDA GAUGHAN - ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Ros Steen – Dialect Coach EUAN MCLAREN - AV DESIGNER
STAFF
PAULINE KNOWLES – PATTI Pauline’s theatre credits include Liar (TAG), Great Expectations (Prime Productions), Wee Andy, Bear on A Chain, Drop in the Ocean, Tir Nan Og (Oran Mor), Man of La Mancha (Royal Lyceum Theatre), Tutti Frutti (National Theatre Of Scotland), While You Lie, Gorgeous Avatar, The Trestle At Pope Lick Creek / Heritage (Traverse Theatre), Macbeth (Theatre Babel), Peter Pan (Tron Theatre), Vassa (Almeida Theatre), Shining Souls (Peter Hall Co. At Old Vic), Knives in Hens (Traverse / Bush Theatres) Cinderella, Othello, The Wizard of Oz, Don Juan and Swing Hammer Swing (Citizens Theatre Company). Television credits include Wolf: Man Hunter, Case Histories, Garrow’s Law, Personal Affairs (BBC) and Taggart (SMG).
A NOTE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT
FRANCES THORBURN – MARILYN MONROE Frances performed her debut at the Citizens Theatre after graduating from the RSAMD in 2001in Theatre Babel’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. Since then she has worked extensively throughout Scotland and in London. Her recent stage credits include The Wolves in the Walls (National Theatre of Scotland / Improbable Theatre), Anthony and Cleopatra – In Extremis (Shakespeare’s Globe) and Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Crucible / Savoy West End). Frances also performs as a singer-songwriter and has just released her own album, The Needle is the Haystack.
becoming marilyn
It was Simone who led me to write Marilyn. She describes, in her memoir (Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be) her fateful encounter with the Blonde Bombshell. Simone and Yves Montand were ‘Mr. & Mrs. France’: darlings of the French Intellectual Left, stars of European cinema and music-hall. Whilst Marilyn and Arthur Miller were, literally, the most famous couple in the world and newspaper headlines, not always flatteringly, emphasised the ‘Beauty/Brains’ combination. These two decidedly different blondes had quite a lot in common. Both had precarious, eventful upbringings - Simone, half-Jewish in occupied France; Marilyn catapulted between foster homes and orphanages, married off at 16 to relieve her ‘aunt’ of obligation. Both developed a degree of independence unusual at the time , energetically carving out their careers with talent, luck and guile. It was no accident that Simone chose to play the prostitute in her first ‘real’ film, La Ronde. A smaller role than the others - but usefully, the one which opens and closes the film. Marilyn, often considered dumb, fluffed her lines deliberately if she wanted another take; and eventually formed her own company, wielding a certain authority over production. Yet each of these women, for all her independence, defined herself by the man in her life. In Simone’s case, the minute she claps eyes on Montand, she is smitten – she is his sworn and jealous slave, forever. For Marilyn, things are more complicated: she’s never sure for long which is the right man.... Sue Glover, Feb 2011 Sue Glover’s theatre work includes Bondagers, which won a Thames award, The Straw Chair, and Shetland Saga (Traverse Theatre), The Seal Wife (Little Lyceum), The Bubble Boy (Tron), Artist Unknown (TAG), Blow-Outs, Wrecks & Almanacs (Pittenweem Festival) and Bear on a Chain (Oran Mor). Her plays have been performed in the UK and abroad. She also writes for radio and television. Marilyn is a co-production between the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Marilyn was commissioned by the Citizens Theatre and premiered at the Glasgow Theatre on Tuesday 22 February. This will be followed by a transfer to the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from 15 March - 2 April.
Amy Angus Drama Class Tutor Melanie Aram Head of Development David Black Front of House Helen Black Digital Marketing Manager Kate Black Community Drama Artist Rosie Blackshaw Wardrobe Assistant Alex Brady Box Office Supervisor Ross Brady Front of House Neil Bratchpiece Front of House Marion Brochard Front of House Louise Brown Education Officer Emma Butchart Trainee Wardrobe Assistant Gillian Clark Drama Class Assistant Lisa Corr Drama Class Tutor Frances Coyle Tea and Coffee Elaine G Coyle Wardrobe Supervisor Maureen Dalton Front of House Lesley Davidson Head of Operations Denise Differ Box Office Manager Marco Di Mario Front of House Maria Di Mario Duty Manager Michael Dorrance Carpenter Connell Duffy Front of House Dana Duffy Front of House Fin Duffy Front of House Paul Dundas Box Office Jonathan Dunn Actor Intern Julia Easton Box Office Ann Evans Front of House Sophie Fernie Front of House Robert Fleming Front of House Barry Forde Assistant Stage Manager Neil Francis Drama Class Assistant Keara Fulton Drama Class Supervisor Frazer Fyfe Carpenter Jacky Gardiner Front of House Amanda Gaughan Trainee Director Anne Gillan Finance Officer Elly Goodman Community Drama Artist Euan Gray Building Supervisor Jamie Hayes Technical Manager Neil Haynes Head Scenic Artist Guy Hollands Director Simon Hollands Front of House Stuart Jenkins Deputy Chief Electrician Jennifer Knotts Front of House Mike Lancaster Electrician Campbell Lawrie Box Office/ Drama Class Supervisor/Front of House
Beth MacDonald Front of House Kenny MacKenzie Front of House Murdo MacLeod Front of House Joanne Marr Drama Class Tutor Alison Martin Head of Marketing and Communications David McAllister Drama Class Assistant Brian McBride Front of House Laurence McCauly Front of House Amanda McCrossan Front of House Gerald McDermott Electrician / LX Op Christopher McDougall Head of Production Morna McGeogh Drama Class Assistant Mark McGrory Front of House Crawford McKenzie Wardrobe Cutter Sean McKenzie Electrician Cat McNaught Marketing Manager Sarah Michael Wardrobe Assistant Debbie Montgomery Drama Class Assistant Jim Morrison Bar Supervisor Jacqueline Muir Company Stage Manager Jack Mullen Box Office/Stage Door Denis Murphy Master Carpenter Cathy O’Neill Deputy Stage Manager Christine Orr Scenic Artist Neil Packham Community Drama Director Sheila Pattison Accommodation Suzanne Pirrie Box Office Suzanne Runciman Wardrobe Assistant Sami Sharif Front of House Claire Sharpe Wardrobe Assistant Angela Smith Education Officer Laura Smith Electrician / Sound Op Yvonne Smith Box Office/Duty Manager Anna Stapleton Administrative Director Graham Sutherland Head of Lighting and Sound Fraser Thompson-Noble Electrician Anna Thomson Front of House Marion Thomson Wardrobe Assistant Chris Traquair Head Flyman/Technician Martin Travers Head of Citizens Learning & TAG Andrew Turner Front of House Laura Walshe Stage Manager Colin White Drama Class Tutor Tom Worthington Driver/Dayman Gemma Young Box Office/Stage Door Laura Smith Health & Safety Representative
Board Murray Buchanan - Chairman Professor Adrienne Scullion - Vice Chair Colum Halforty Helena Ward
Edward Harkins Councillor Anne Marie Millar Bailie James Scanlon Bailie Jahangir Hanif
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Marilyn is supported by Glasgow Restaurant Association and Arts and Business New Arts Sponsorship Investment. Trainee Director position is supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Citizens Theatre Society. All scenery, costumes and properties are made in the Citizens Theatre workshops. Special thanks to: John Brown Catering, Evergreen Flower Hire, Hairdressing Supplies Ltd, H. Erben Ltd, Alissa Keogh, Claire McKenzie, RSAMD musicians and 2nd year BA Musical Theatre Students, J. Sainsbury Plc, S.A.S. Radisson Hotels, Tron Theatre and all staff at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
The Citizens warmly acknowledges support from our core funders: Dominique Hollier and Frances Thorburn during Marilyn publicity shoot. Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan.
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