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It tells the tale of katurian, a fiction writer living in a police state, who is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in his town. The character i will be playing is ariel, who i believe is around 24 in the play, however, due to my build and mannerisms i think i could pull this role off. It received its first public reading in an early version at the finborough theatre, london. Here is a copy of the pillowman monologue i have decided to do for my contemporary piece. We also have many ebooks and user guide is also related with the pillowman martin mcdonagh pdf, include.
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