Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTAMENT OF MARY
Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTAMENT OF MARY
#1Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTAMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 1:27pm
Written by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin. Here are the press notes:
The Testament of Mary takes place after the Crucifixion. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is in the city of Ephesus where she is both guarded and protected. As two of her son's followers set about giving shape to Jesus' story, Mary tells her own story - the one which has not been heard.
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"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 1/8/13 at 01:27 PM
#2Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 1:30pm
FIFI AT THE KERR
#FifiattheKerr
#2Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:05pmI'm reading the book now, and it's so beautifully written. A stage adaptation is intriguing.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#3Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:07pm
So there's going to be three different one-woman shows about famous women in history opening this spring on Broadway? I can't be the only one who thinks that's a little crazy.
Given that the three women are Fiona Shaw, Holland Taylor, and Bette Midler though, my complaining will end right now. What an exciting season it's shaping up to be.
#4Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:09pmRobbie, I bought the book but haven't started it yet. I heard Toibin give a reading of it on NPR a while back and it already sounded like it was written as a sort of monologue. Is that the case?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#5Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 2:13pm
It's written in first person, certainly.
But I'm not sure the novel(la?), as it is, could simply be cut down to an acting edition. I imagine it would take some work to make it go from a literary beauty to a dynamic stage piece.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#6Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 3:30pm
Oh, I can see William Donohue with a picket sign already.
Mary will advise him to get a life because he cannot have hers.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/11
#7Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 3:49pmthis is going to flop so hard.
#8Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 10:51pm
This was first produced on stage back in 2011, a year before the book came out, under the name Testament. It ran as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival in Ireland, starred Marie Mullen and was directed by Garry Hynes. It got very good reviews, I believe.
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#9Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 10:59pmThis is the most intriguing project I've heard of in the past year. So much talent behind such a good concept.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#10Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/8/13 at 11:37pmWhat's this? A play that's not about the puny problems of puny people? Plop my monocle!
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#11Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/9/13 at 12:58amMama, I hope you've been sterilized.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#12Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/9/13 at 12:59amWrong Fiona thread, Jay
#13Fiona Shaw returning to Broadway in THE TESTEMENT OF MARY
Posted: 1/9/13 at 1:00am
My bad. 
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