Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
- Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
:"Or see Someone to Watch over Me.""Someone Who'll Watch over Me" is a play written by Irish dramatist Frank McGuinness. The play focuses on the trials and tribulations of an Irishman, an Englishman and an American (Edward, Michael, and Adam) who are kidnapped and held hostage by unseen Arabs in Lebanon. As the three men strive for survival they also strive to overcome their personal and nationalistic differences. Tantamount to this is each individual's own attempt to maintain sanity under the watchful eye of both captors and supposed comrades. Betimes the dramatic dialogue reaches a level of Beckettinian absurdity, as even the audience are unable to draw a distinction between the characters insanity and humour. We are made witness and accomplice to a humour based on something apparently ghastly, the loss of rationality.
Productions
The play was first staged in July 1992, at the Hampstead Theatre [http://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/] , London and transferred to the West End Vaudeville Theatre, September-October 1992.
It was produced at the West End New Ambassador Theatre April 19 - June 18, 2005, where reviewer Peggy Nuttall wrote: "...the best thing I've seen in a long time." [ [http://www.onlinereviewlondon.com/reviews/WatchOverMe.html] "The Times" London review, 2003 (should be 2005)] Directed by DominicDromgoole, the play stared Jonny Lee Miller (Adam), Aiden Gillen (Edward) and David Threlfall (Michael).
It was produced on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, opening on November 23, 1992 and closing on June 13, 1993, after 232 performances and 5 previews. Directed by Robin Lefevre, it starred Stephen Rea (Edward), James McDaniel (Adam), and Alec McCowen (Michael). It received Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Actor in Play (Stephen Rea); Stephen Rea received the Theatre World Award.
References
External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4696 IBDB listing]
* [http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/someonewhollwatchoverme.html information on 2005 production]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE0DB113AF937A15752C1A964958260 "New York Times" review, November 24, 1992]
* [http://www.curtainup.com/someonetwhollwatchoverme.html Curtain Up review, London, 21st April 2005]
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