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Scaramouche Jones

By Justin Butcher
Series: Modern Plays
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On Millennium Eve, the ancient clown Scaramouche Jones prepares to mark his 100th birthday and retirement after his final performance. Alone in his dressing room, he reflects on a remarkable life journey across fading empires and the turbulent 20th century in search of his father and homeland. Through stripping away his comic masks, he reveals a poignant and witty final confession that combines humour, tragedy, and epic storytelling.
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Scaramouche Jones will appeal to readers interested in theatre, one-man shows, and rich narratives blending humour with historical and personal depth. It suits those who appreciate dramatic monologues and stories with emotional and comic complexity.

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Scaramouche Jones

It's 11pm on Millennium Eve. The ancient clown, Scaramouche Jones, has given his last performance and waits in his dressing room for the stroke of midnight - and his own centenary. Reflecting on the fortunes of his life, his journey spans the 20th century in his quest for a father and a homeland.

It's 11pm on Millennium Eve. The ancient clown, Scaramouche Jones, has given his last performance and waits in his dressing room for the stroke of midnight - and his own centenary. Reflecting on the fortunes of his life, his journey spans the 20th century in his quest for a father and a homeland.

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A brilliant new one-man show starring Pete Postlethwaite

It's 11pm on Millennium Eve. The ancient clown, Scaramouche Jones, has given his last performance and retires to his dressing room to wait alone for the stroke of midnight - and his own centenary.

Reflecting on the extraordinary fortunes of his life, his journey spans the furthest reaches of crumbling empires and the darkest episodes of the 20th century in his quest for a father and a homeland. He strips away his seven comic masks and reveals the heart buried deep within: his final confession.

By turns bizarre, comic, epic, tragic - laced with the consummate wit of the circus clown - his tale unfolds as an enchanting fable of poignancy and laughter.

"Powerful, imaginative and marvellously written ... an extraordinary and original creation" - Sir Paul Scofield

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413772213

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 April 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 76g

Pages: 48

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About the Author

Justin Butcher is a playwright whose Scaramouch Jones or The Seven White Masks, starring Pete Postlethwaite premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2001. Butcher read Classics at Oxford, and trained subsequently at Drama Studio London. He has worked extensively as an actor, writer, director and musician all over Europe. Plays include King of Fools (commissioned by Westminster Abbey in 1995, it had five successful UK tours); Birth of the Jongleur (a one-man show commissioned for the Greenbelt Arts Festival, 1995); The Millennium Man, a modern adaptation of the Mysteries (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2000); Guantanamo Baywatch (New Players, 2004) and Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea (Theatro Technis, 2009).

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