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The Seven Acts of Mercy (Paperback)
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The Seven Acts of Mercy (Paperback)
Series: Modern Plays
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Loot Price R396
Discovery Miles 3 960
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You have to be tough to be kind. That's what I've learned from you,
Granddad. Tough and fearless and strong. So that's what I'm going
to be. Naples, 1606. Inside an unfinished church, a painting is
emerging from the darkness. The Seven Acts of Mercy is Caravaggio's
masterpiece - and his first painting since he killed a man and fled
Rome. As the artist works, he is fueled by anger, self-loathing and
his driving need to create a work that speaks of compassion in a
violent world. Bootle, the present day. A retired dock worker
teaches his grandson, as around them a community is disintegrating
under the pressure of years of economic and political degradation.
With all he has left, a book of great works of art, he tries to
open the boy's eyes to the tragedy and beauty of the life he faces.
And the boy reciprocates in the only way he knows. Playing out
across a gap of 400 years, Anders Lustgarten's visceral play
confronts the dangerous necessity of compassion, in a world where
it is in short supply. The Seven Acts of Mercy received its world
premiere at the Swan Theatre, RSC, on 24 November 2016.
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