Missing Marilyn
From: Tuesday, 7th September 2004
To: Sunday, 17 October 2004
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Synopsis
In 1955 Marilyn Monroe, has escaped the demands of the film industry, her public and her lovers and fled to the welcome anonymity of a seedy motel room. There she meets an attractive stranger and is able to reveal to him both Marilyn and Norma Jean. But in opening up to her new friend, has she also sown the seeds of her own untimely death, and who is he anyway. As Marilyn herself says 'It's the truth as she sees it'.
Our Review:
21 September 2004
Dan Crawford is one of the last, great fringe entrepreneurs. He's been at it so long and given so many fine young writers, directors, and actors their first break. But his theatre, the King's Head is under continual threat which can be the only reason why he decided to take in this strangely inert import from Devon. It has one thing going for it: it's about Marilyn Monroe. And even in death, bless her, she's still a draw.
Steve Black's Missing Marilyn doesn't so much lay out the facts as rehash them - the abandoned, orphanage girl, Norma Jean behind the cinema legend that was Marilyn Monroe, the neurotic sex symbol who actually disliked sex. It's not exactly front page news.
All starts off promisingly enough. Marilyn, already well into her screen stride, has escaped and holed up in one of those wind-beaten motels so beloved of Sam Shepard (nicely evoked but no designer credit given). A dinner-suited waiter stands with a bottle of champagne intoni...
Cast
Sally Day (marilyn Monroe)
Andrew Crabb (The Stranger)
Creative
Steve Black (Author)
Joanna Hole (for I.E. Theatre and F.I.T. in association with the King's Head) (Producer)
Jonathan Hyde (Director)
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