Human Cannon
By Edward Bond
Human Cannon is a play that needs 16 or more performers. Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 16 or more performers
- Cast notes
- large, variable. Limited Streaming Rights Available
- Recommended level
- Elementary
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- historical
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Set in Spain at the time of the Spanish Civil War, this unflinching play is as agonizing as the event. Agustina is in the house with her dead child preparing the body for private disposal. Her husband, Nardo, states the argument of the story—"When someone else owns the machines you use to earn your living, then you are owned." Agustina's daughter asks her to name the dead child. Agustina answers, "No. It wasn't born into a human world, it was born in this world." There is bitterness with the lan
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