Another of James Johnson's emotionally-charged
stories of interlinking loves and lives.
Twelve characters find themselves inextricably
associated with one, two or more of the
other eleven. Their words and actions change
points of view, partners and destinies.
A trainspotter attempts to coax a suicidal
bride-to-be off a railway track and ends
up marrying her; a portrait photographer
cajoles his mute model to reveal to him
her innermost secret; a pregnant woman is
held captive by a girl who wants her baby;
an adult film competition winner is made
an offer he can't refuse; two alcoholics
who have just robbed an off-license try
to reconcile themselves to an unwanted by-product
of their actions, and a psychiatrist whose
latest patient has burnt his own eyes out
for a sin that he's not been properly punished
for.
Six stories about love and loss, crime
and punishment - all improbably about to
collide and intersect. The play develops
and explores each of these six situations
once in each act, and each of the twelve
scenes generally starts with a 'flash-forward'
- the use of about five lines from the end
of the scene - a device which intriguingly
whets the appetite for that which then follows.
'Glimpse due Solace' explores the way love
and guilt manifest themselves inside human
relationships: the flowering and de-flowering;
the living and dying, shouting and crying.
Are love and guilt insistent? Always. Are
they persistent? Occasionally. Are they
consistent? Never. |