Yesterday at Never Ending Books, the largest Play in a Day gang yet assembled staged an epic 12-minute adaptation of Ben Jonson’s 1614 social satire Bartholomew Fair. One of Jonson’s greatest comedies, the play is renowned for its lack of a coherent plot, something we certainly honored here. We made sure to keep the fourth-wallbreaking introductory remarks by the stage manager, the puppet show interlude and the climactic vomiting bit.
As with all previous Plays in a Day, this production was conceived, designed, rehearsed and performed in the space of three hours. Including the building of the puppets!
It has already been decided that the next Play in a Day will be just one week from now, Jan. 6 (a school holiday thanks to Three Kings Day) from 2-5:15 p.m. at Never Ending Books, 810 State St., New Haven. For details and videos of previous productions, visit the NHTJ Play in a Day page here.