| Cast: AnnMartha
Linda Kerr Scott Production opened at Tramway, Glasgow, March 2003 |
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| Word for Word written by Linda McLean director Nicholas Bone designer Mark Leese composer Dee Isaacs movement Marisa Zanotti lighting Paul Sorley |
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Word for Word An old woman, Martha, is the last native speaker of an ancient language and carries the cultural DNA of her people in the stories she has in her head, handed down from generation to generation. Hidden in the stories is the explanation of how this ancient people has been reduced to three women and a man living in a decaying block of flats in an inner city. Ben, a
cameraman, carries the images of war he has filmed around in his
head. Sent to record Martha's stories before she dies, he finds
himself observing another battle - a seventeen year old girl struggling
to understand both herself and the inheritance that is hidden in
the stories. |
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