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Mercury Fur

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mercury Fur is the fifth adult stage play by Philip Ridley and his most controversial to date. It was premiered at the Plymouth Royal Theatre, transferring to the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, in 2005.

The play was a Paines Plough production directed by John Tiffany. The part of Elliot was played by Ben Whishaw (who had shot to fame the year before as the youngest ever Hamlet, in Trevor Nunn's production at the Old Vic Theatre, London).

The play, an apocalyptic drama which centers around the planned sacrifice of a child, became a huge cause celebre when it premiered, with even Ridley's publishers of ten years, Faber and Faber, refusing to publish the text. It was reported that at least ten audience members a night left every show, unable to take the atmosphere of threat and violence portrayed on stage.[citation needed]

Critical response was almost as fevered as the events on stage with Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph declaring everyone concerned with the production had been 'degraded' and, more controversially, that Ridley was 'turned on by his own sick fantasies.'[cite this quote] But there was a lot of support for the play too, with The Sunday Times' John Peter urging people to see it and calling it 'the definite 9/11 play'.[cite this quote]

Despite of this controversy - or perhaps because of it - the play sold out on its initial run and, by the end, was playing to an enthusiastic young audience. It has since been taken up around the world with productions in Prague, America, Australia, Germany, Japan, Paris, Rome, Malta and Turkey.

The U.S. Premiere of Mercury Fur was produced by Rude Guerrilla Theatre Company in Santa Ana, California. It opened in March, 2007, under the direction of David Barton. The Broken Compass' Chicago production played in April and May 2007, under the direction of Greg Beam.

The Italian Premiere of Mercury Fur was produced by Trilly Prod. in Rome. It opened in April 2006, under the direction of Carlo Emilio Lerici. The play will be on stage again in May, 2007, at Belli Theatrein Rome.

The Australian Premiere of Mercury Fur opened on 30 August 2007, produced by little death productions. It played first at Theatreworks in Melbourne, before transferring to the SBW Stables Theatre in Sydney as part of Griffin Theatre Company's 2007 Stablemates season. The production was directed by Ben Packer.

The Turkish Premiere of Mercury Fur opened on 18 October 2007, produced by Dot Theater, under the direction of Murat Daltaban in Ä°stanbul.

In February 2008, it premiered by Unifaun Theatre in Malta, directed by Chris Gatt with Irene Christ as the Duchess.

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