Sixty-Six Books
Sixty-Six Books was a set of plays premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2011, to mark the theatre's reopening on a new site and the 400th anniversary of the King James Version. It drew its title from the 66 books of the Protestant Bible. The special show ran from 10 October 10 to 29 October 2011, with special 24-hour shows on 15 and 29 October; the production featured 130 actors, including Miranda Raison, Ralf Little, Billy Bragg, and Rafe Spall.
List of plays[]
| Book | Title | Author | Cast / notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | Godblog | Jeanette Winterson | Catherine Tate |
| Exodus | The Crossing | Anne Michaels | |
| Leviticus | The Foundation | Caroline Bird | |
| Numbers | The Opening of the Mouth | Neil Bartlett | |
| Deuteronomy | The Rules | ||
| Joshua | Sole Fide - By Faith Alone | Daisy Hasan | |
| Judges | Beardy | ||
| Ruth | The Book of Ruth (and Naomi) | Stella Duffy | Kate Duchêne and Nikki Amuka-Bird |
| 1 Samuel | David and Goliath | Andrew Motion | Malcolm Sinclair |
| 2 Samuel | Thus Spake Orunmila ... | Wole Soyinka | |
| 1 Kings | The Suleman | Roy Williams | |
| 2 Kings | Two Bears | ||
| 1 Chronicles | The Chronicle | Salena Godden | |
| 2 Chronicles | From Solomon to Cyrus the Great | Tim Rice | |
| Ezra | The Strange Wife | Naomi Foyle | |
| Nehemiah | When he had been loved ... | Mandla Langa | |
| Esther | Hadassah | Jackie Kay | |
| Job | In the Land of Uz | Neil LaBute | |
| Psalms | When We Praise | Kwame Kwei-Armah | |
| Proverbs | Notes for a Young Gentleman | Toby Litt | |
| Ecclesiastes | The Preacher, or How Ecclesiastes Changed My Life | Nancy Kricorian | |
| Song of Solomon | The Beauty of the Church | Carol Ann Duffy | |
| Isaiah | All the trees of the field | ||
| Jeremiah | A Lost Expression | Luke Kennard | |
| Lamentations | Halter-Neck | Paul Muldoon | |
| Ezekiel | The Fair and Tender | Owen Sheers | |
| Daniel | Oliver Lewis | Jack Thorne | Miranda Raison and Dominic Mafham |
| Hosea | Fugitive Motel | Nick Payne | |
| Joel | I Notice the Sound First | ||
| Amos | Amos the Shepherd Curses the Rulers of Ancient Israel | Michael Rosen | |
| Obadiah | The House Next Door | Nancy Harris | |
| Jonah | Cetacean | Nick Laird | |
| Micah | Flare | Adam Foulds | |
| Nahum | God is Jealous | Moira Buffini | |
| Habakkuk | Habaccuc Dreams | Trevor Griffiths | |
| Zephaniah | In the night, a promise | Helen Edmundson | |
| Haggai | it is having fallen out of grace | Suheir Hammad | |
| Zechariah | The End of the Alphabet | ||
| Malachi | When You Left I Thought I'd Die But Now I'm Fine | ||
| Matthew | A Nobody | Laura Dockrill | |
| Mark | Capernaum | Steve Waters | |
| Luke | Do Unto Others | Billy Bragg | |
| John | Lazarus | Rowan Williams[1] | |
| Acts | Acts | Lachlan Mackinnon | |
| Romans | The Man Who Came to Brunch | Amy Rosenthal | |
| 1 Corinthians | Without Love | Matt Charman | |
| 2 Corinthians | The Wood Orchid | Wena Poon | |
| Galatians | The Transgressor | Deirdre Kinahan | |
| Ephesians | Ephesus-Schmephesus | Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran | |
| Philippians | The Loss of All Things | ||
| Colossians | Uncool Religion | Zukiswa Wanner | |
| 1 Thessalonians | Paul's First Voicemail to Thessa | D C Jackson | |
| 2 Thessalonians | Falling Away | Christopher Shinn | |
| 1 Timothy | Concerning Faith | David Edgar | |
| 2 Timothy | Hand-Me-Downs | James Graham | |
| Titus | A Sunday Sermon | Anya Reiss | |
| Philemon | The Letter | Kamila Shamsie | |
| Hebrews | The Middle Man | Shaun Dingwall, | |
| James | Salvation and Justification Reprised Anew | Brian Chikwava | |
| 1 Peter | Snow in Sheffield | Helen Mort | |
| 2 Peter | False Teachers | ||
| 1 John | Something, Someone, Somewhere | David Eldridge | |
| 2 John | Men in Verse | Nathalie Handal | |
| 3 John | Room 303 | Enda Walsh | |
| Epistle of Jude | The Goat at Midnight | Anne Carson | |
| Revelations | Endpapers | Kate Mosse |
References[]
- ^ "Sixty-Six Books at the Bush, London". The Times. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
External links[]
- "Sixty-Six Books | Bush Theatre". bushtheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Sixty-Six Books: 21st-century writers speak to the King James Bible: A Contemporary Response to the King James Bible", Oberon Books, 2012-05-02.
- "Sixty-Six Books | Bush Theatre a contemporary response to the King James bible bush theatre". oberonbooks.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Sixty-Six Books, Bush Theatre, London, review - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Sixty-Six Books – review | Stage | The Guardian". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Theatre, dance, opera and cabaret reviews | The Stage". thestage.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Sixty-Six Books, Bush Theatre | Theatre reviews, news & interviews | The Arts Desk". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "Sixty-Six Books, Bush Theatre - review | Theatre | Going Out | London Evening Standard". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- "The British Theatre Guide: 21st-Century Writers Speak to the King James Bible". britishtheatreguide.info. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
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