Marley & Danny - Scene with Michael

Motortown was written by Simon Stephens in 2006 and the setting is in Essex.

Danny, returning from duty in Iraq, finds integrating back into society difficult as he seeks to connect with his mentally-challenged brother, ex-girlfriend and various strangers. As each encounter leads him further and further into instability, the question becomes whether the war made Danny this way or was he like this all along?

I haven't performed this scene with Michael yet we have only been reading it through with each other. We are still trying to work out how it should be set and what my interpretation of Marley's character should be.

Marley seems (in my opinion) that she's very blunt and doesn't really want to know or talk to Danny. Danny seems very mental and controlling/jealous. He likes to make people feel bad and it doesn't seem to work with Marley. She's got an effect on him.

http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/play/1017/motortown/character/2282/marley

On this website it gives you information on people who have played characters from Motortown in performances in the past.

Women who have played Marley:

For example, Freya Poole who recently played Marley in 2015 has brown hair, blue eyes, she's white and has an average height. As you can see from the examples, most of the girls who have played Marley have the same sort of look. Although another girl who played Marley from the list is Shannon Anthony who is blonde and has green eyes.

Danny has many different ways he could be portrayed but I genuinely think his character is very odd and messed up. All he seems to remember is the past and he isn't very forgiving. He seems like he lives in the past.

 

As you can see from above from people who have played Danny is the past there is a massive difference to them all looks wise they all look very different.