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The Bubonic Play

Synopsis

A unique comedy in which three idiots attempt to stage an epic. The Bubonic Play is the story of a maid, her master and a wandering minstrel caught in a tragic love triangle. It follows their journey across the plague-ravaged English Countryside in search of a cure for the disease. Lord George of Ponsonby is in love with his young maid Mathilde. She discovers a handsome minstrel bathing in the river and they run off together. Enraged, George vows revenge and sets off to intercept them. The story survives all assaults from the actors' need to be the audience's favourite. Love, songs, magical potions, deception, knife-fights, stampeding rats, Punch and Judy all feature before the play's dramatic climax. They die. All of them. One by one.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Features
Running time
70 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Cal McCrystal 1st Feature
Producer
Cal McCrystal
Co-Producer
Cal McCrystal
Executive Producer
Adrian Sturges
Editor
Murray Buesst
Screenwriter
Piggy Nero, Cal McCrystal
Director of Photography
Murray Buesst
Production Designer
Maria Guirao
Sound
Rob Saunders, Chris Tooth
Composer
Toby Jarvis
Principal cast
Mat Baynton, Jamie Glassman, Clare Thomson

Genre

Music Comedy Drama Dance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Piggy Nero

95a Durlston Road
London
E5 8RP
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8815 4612

Sales Company

Piggy Nero

95a Durlston Road
London
E5 8RP
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 8815 4612

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