Lungs (Modern Plays)

Loved it.

Two actors, a man and a woman --M and W in the script. No set. No scene changes, conversation in stops and starts, only sometimes completely formed sentences. But isn’t that the way we talk in real life? M and W start to talk about having a baby. It’s a scary thought at first. They’re a couple but they’re not married. Having a baby is serious business: it will change their lives, their lovemaking, her body. Then there’s the mess the world is in. Is it right to bring a child into the world? W says: “I could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. … Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That’s the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I’d be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.” They do it any way but there’s a miscarriage. Something is broken from then on. Eventually they split. Later, they meet again. Her mother has died. (He never thought she liked him. So has his Dad. Somehow, almost inadvertently, they end up having sex before they split again. (He’s engaged now.) This time it takes. She’s pregnant, he’s engaged, the baby comes but they don’t get back together, at least not quite, and they grow old, old, old, and the world has changed: no forests any more, dust everywhere, hot, stale air, and he’s going into an old folks’ home. Lungs is a fine play and very current bin its preoccupations, not just environmental but personal, psychological, what it’s like to be young and thinking of having a child today.

Came on time. Great play. Easy to read

The language and blending of dialogue...the natural, fluid conversations and arguements...the only two characters - PEOPLE rather...the LIFE the BREATH the LUNGS. I need to see this on stage!

I have nothing else to say beyond “the text struck me like a freight train, over and over and over again.”

Love this play!!! This is the future of our theatre. Engaging younger audiences. Smart, witty and laugh out loud funny. Everyone seasoned and green will relate to this play. Is asks such pertinent questions. Questions that newer generations are faced with.

I read this play and wept with the emotion and beauty of it. Considering that I never saw the performance, that is pretty impressive.

This play had the power to make me literally laugh out loud and cry. I gave it 5 stars as deserved, part of me wanted to give 4 as the ending ripped my heart out 😂. I love this play so much!

Drama course. Brilliant play.

Great

A great contemporary play, with some great monologues