Blood Pressure (A5 reproduction)

Title: Blood Pressure (A5 reproduction)
Author: Rogers, Mark
Price: $23.00

Blood Pressure
Mark Rogers

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BOOK BINDING: This is an A5, laser printed, bound with cloth tape reproduction of the DIGITAL PUBLICATION (also available).
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\"Rogers has achieved more than the merely moving, he's drilled down and hit a nerve that will twitch in everyone that has a brother, a family, a past, regrets, hurts.\" Lloyd Bradford, Australian Stage

THEMES: Illness, Euthanasia, Family

CHARACTER AGES: adult

LENGTH: 2 Hours
CAST SIZE: 1 - 2 Cast Members
TARGET AUDIENCE: Adult

Synopsis: Two brothers, Michael and Adam, are in a hotel bathroom an hour before Michael is due to play at a piano recital. Michael is late. Adam keeps vomiting. When the details of Adams illness become clear, both men have to make huge and difficult decisions.

We come to understand that Adam has received a life saving organ donation from Michael in the past, however this organ is now failing. Michael, torn between his desire to play music and his responsibility to care for his brother, is forced to come to grips with the possibility of Adams death. While Adam tries to convince Michael that this might not be the worst possible outcome.

An exploration of the dynamic of brotherhood, Blood Pressure is a two hander about guilt, choice and the effects of chronic illness.

Production History: Blood Pressure premiered at the Old Fitzroy Hotel on the 14th August 2012 as a part of the final Tamarama Rock Surfers season in that space.

Publication date: 01/01/2015
Format: A5 reproduction
ISBN: 9781925338126
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping