Gulliver's Travels
By Jonathan Swift, Adapted by Conall Morrison
Age range
16 +
Cast size
15 +
Approx. running time
90 mins +
Gender breakdown
Male: Flexible
Female: Flexible
Female: Flexible
Setting
A theatre, various locations in Lilliput & Brodingnag.
Note
A full-length adaptation of the classic satirical adventure.
First performance
The National Youth Theatre 2013 at the Peacock, Dublin, and The Everyman, Cork, 2013. Directed by Conall Morrison. A New Stage Play for 2014.
Synopsis
The play opens with a pianist giving a concert of the works of George Frideric Handel as part of the celebrations for One City, One Book: Gulliver’s Travels. His playing is disrupted by an unruly, unappreciative group of teenagers. Into this scenario bursts Jonathan Swift who is outraged at the young people’s behaviour. He demands they discard their smart phones and engage with something he insists has real value: his book, Gulliver’s Travels. Tentatively, the young people start animating a scene from the book. During the course of the play, they recreate Gulliver’s adventures in Lilliput and Brodingnag.