Marjorie Prime (Drama)
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| Original title: | Marjorie Prime |
| Original language: | English |
| Author: | Jordan Harrison |
| Publishing year: | 2014 |
| Premiere: | September 10, 2014 |
| Place of premiere: | Mark Taper Forum at the Center Theater Los Angeles |
| Place and time of the action: | in the near future |
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Marjorie Prime is a 2014 play by the American playwright Jordan Harrison .
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To appease Marjorie, who is over eighty and has arthritis and Alzheimer's disease , her family, daughter Tess and son-in-law Jon, bought a device from Senior Serenity that creates a holographic simulation of her late husband Walter when he was in the prime of his life, and programmed with her own memories of him. The task of the hologram is to keep the Marjories memories fresh, to preserve their memories and to constantly remind them of events from their life. But despite all the advanced technology that is in Walter, he is only a software-controlled blank, can only represent the basic properties of the deceased and is therefore only as good as Marjorie's memory of Walter. Daughter Tess and son-in-law Jon do not tell her about their beloved son Damian, who took his own life at a young age.
characters
Marjorie : an old lady suffering from Alzheimer's disease
Tess : Marjorie's daughter
Jon : Tess' husband and Marjorie's son-in-law
Walter : a holographic replica of Marjorie's late husband Walter, whom the family bought from Senior Serenity
production
Production history
Jordan Harrison was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his work in 2015 and was among the finalists.
premiere
The play Marjorie Prime celebrated its world premiere on September 10, 2014 at the Mark Taper Forum at the Center Theater in Los Angeles in a performance by the Center Theater Group.
Cast and ensemble
The cast and ensemble for the first season (September 10 to October 19, 2014) at the Mark Taper Forum at the Center Theater, Los Angeles
occupation
- Directed by Les Waters
- Stage design: Mimi Lein
- Costumes: ILona Somogyl
- Light: Lap Chi Chu
- Sound Desig: Adam Phalen
ensemble
- Lois Smith : Marjorie
- Lisa Emery : Tess
- Frank Wood : Jon
- Jeff Ward : Walter as a hologram
reception
In 2017, a film adaptation of Marjorie Prime premiered at the Sundance Film Festival .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laura Collins-Hughes: Aking Memories by Rewriting the Past The New York Times, October 12, 2014.
- ^ Finalist: Marjorie Prime, by Jordan Harrison In: pulitzer.org. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Marjorie Prime at the Mark Taper Forum In: nytheatre-wire.com. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ↑ 2017 Sundance Film Festival Printable Film Guide In: sundance.org. Retrieved January 19, 2017 (PDF; 17.8 MB)