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    collector of tears & other monologues

    By sean burn

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    An epic love story for our times. Unable to age until she has cried, Tanya must collect the tears of others in glass bottles down through the centuries – and through her stories, bear witness to the pain and suffering of the people.
    Taking both male and female lovers, Tanya is an outcast, hunted by those who misunderstand her until the day comes when she finally stands up to be counted – and learns how to cry.
    Also part of this collection: ‘ghost-tag’, ‘ryan yr tits are leakin’, ‘widescream’, ‘chair held aloft’, ‘when i return as lenin’ and ‘cocoon’.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAurora Metro Books
    Release dateJul 5, 2017
    ISBN9781906582166
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      collector of tears & other monologues - sean burn

      sean burn

      sean burn has had four plays staged since 2012. calyx was performed at the capital plays festival, mac, birmingham, 2012. that year also saw the successful national tour of next swan down the river might be black shortlisted for the bbc’s alfred bradley bursary award, published by aurora metro and performed by gobscure. this september (2014) sees his play fell performed at the page to stage festival, liverpool by house of orphans, directed by lucia cox. in october / november gobscure stage a national tour of his full-length monologue collector of tears for which he received his second peggy ramsay foundation grant. throughout 2014 graeae theatre in association with the royal court, soho theatre and national theatre studio has accepted sean as one of only five disabled writers nationally onto a unique playwriting development programme. sean is really excited by this recognition for the quality of his writing. graeae will give a rehearsed reading of his finished script flowers of the forest in london, december 2014

      First published in the UK in 2014 by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd

      67 Grove Avenue, Twickenham, TW1 4HX

      www.aurorametro.cominfo@aurorametro.com

      Collector of Tears © 2014 Sean Burn

      Ghost-Tag © 2006 Sean Burn

      Ryan Yr Tits Are Leakin © 2009 Sean Burn

      Widescream © 2010 Sean Burn

      Chair Held Aloft © 2014 Sean Burn

      When I Return as Lenin © 2014 Sean Burn

      Cocoon © 2014 Sean Burn

      Cover image © Chepko Danil Vitalevich / Shutterstock

      Production: Simon Smith

      With many thanks to: Hinesh Pravin, Russel Manning, Nathan Start, Suzanne Mooney, Neil Gregory, Richard Turk and Rebecca Gillieron.

      All rights are strictly reserved.

      For rights enquiries including performing rights, contact the publisher: rights@aurorametro.com

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      In accordance with Section 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Sean Burn asserts his moral rights to be identified as the author of the above work.

      This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      Printed by Berforts Information Press, Hertfordshire

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      ISBN: 978-1-906582-91-3 (print collection)

      ISBN: 978-1-906582-16-6 (ebook collection)

      ISBN: 978-1-910798-57-7 (Collector of Tears ebook)

      ISBN: 978-1-910798-58-4 (Ghost-Tag and Other Monologues ebook)

      collector of tears

      by

      sean burn

      AURORA METRO BOOKS

      CONTENTS

      collector of tears

      ghost-tag

      ryan yr tits are leakin

      widescream

      chair held aloft

      when i return as lenin

      cocoon

      collector of tears is dedicated to vassily and miki

      gobscure

      collector of tears by sean burn will first be performed by gobscure at the customs house, south shields on 15th and 16th october 2014 before setting out on a national tour:

      caedmon hall, gateshead central library (17th october)

      key theatre, peterborough (23rd october)

      the place, bedford (27th october)

      arts centre washington (30th october)

      ilkley playhouse studio (1st november)

      marlborough theatre, brighton (5th november)

      bristol bierkeller (6th november)

      arena theatre wolverhampton (7th november)

      Creative Team

      This script is being published before the play tours so might vary slightly from the performed version.

      This play was funded by Arts Council England Grants for the Arts

      Biographies

      Alison Ashton, set designer

      Alison has designed a wide range of productions for touring companies throughout the country. Her favourite design has to be the lavish restoration comedy ‘The Way of the World’ by Congreve for the Royal Theatre, Northampton. She has designed plays which have toured churches, playgrounds, fire stations, shopping centres and even theatres! Earlier this year she designed ‘Get up and Tie your Fingers’ which is currently being staged alongside a community exhibition in each of twelve towns down the east coast of England and celebrates the fishing heritage. Alison also works as an Arts Practitioner and has made the worlds largest Dreamcatcher and more recently a large scale piece of suspended artwork for the headquarters of the Newcastle Building Society.

      Effie Burns, glass artist

      Effie has been working with glass for over eighteen years now. It has taken her on many different journeys. She has exhibited her sculptural work internationally including shows with Contemporary Applied Arts in London and the Crafts Council in Tokyo. Collaboration has also been an important part of her practice and has led to the creation of films, gardens and even a mobile museum. She has also worked with playwrights and poets on projects with New Writing North and the British Library.

      Jackie Fielding, director

      Having directed Next Swan Down the River Might Be Black, Jackie is delighted to once again team up with Sean for Collector of Tears. Jackie trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, having gained a degree in drama from Manchester University. She has directed freelance with a wide variety of companies. Productions include Death at Dawn with Cloud Nine; The Fifteen Streets with Ion Productions; Robin Hood, Heaven’s Got Talent and God’s Day Off – Durham Mysteries for Gala Theatre Durham; The Man and the Donkey, Keep Calm and Carry On, Talking Tom, Nothing Like The Wooden Horse, Jump You Bastard, Writing Wrong, Cuddy’s Miles, Lucky Numbers, Son of Samurai, The Revengers, Waiting For Gateaux, Good To Firm, Raising The Stakes and Photo Finish, for Customs House Theatre, South Shields; Next Swan Down The River Might Be Black for Gobscure; Alf Ramsay Knew My Grandfather at Darlington Civic Theatre; Steel Town, Kelly and The Dream also at The Customs House; Don Quixote for Pocket Theatre Cumbria which toured to venues throughout England.

      James

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