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Too Much the Sun
4 Male, 0 Female
Nicholas Pierpan Price: $7.50
Fresh out of prison, a young man returns to his English coastal home village
He takes a job offered by the local eccentric, a clockmaker and friend of his father
Storytelling, epilepsy, seafaring, lockpicking and espionage make this unique lyrical play a true delight
A story within a story tells of a son is usurped from his throne
The counterfeit king offers him a series of impossible challenges to regain his lost place - but the boy passes them all
The final test involves two envelopes - one has ‘King’ written inside it and the other has ‘Death’
But the boy knows the king has written ‘Death’ - can he outwit the king and ultimately win?
The play won the Cameron Mackintosh Award Oxford University’s annual New Writing Festival
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