About the Play:

Missing Persons is a full-length drama by Colin Teevan. Subtitled Four Tragedies and Roy Keane, this one-man show includes five monologues in the voices of contemporary men, inspired by the heroes and heroines of classical myths.

Missing Persons is a collection of five contemporary monologues about men in crisis drawn from Greek myths. In The Bull, a man who, as a child, was abused by his father fantasies about castrating him. In The One Within, the narrator describes the descent into madness of a terrorist lost in the politics of peacetime. Somedays is a love story based on Ariadne's unrequited love for Theseus. In The Last Word, the story of Medea murdering her children is transposed to a modern setting, with the abandoned husband of an ambitious wife committing familicide. In The Roykeaneiad, a football supporter parallels Roy Keane's confrontation with his manager, Mick McCarthy, prior to the 2002 World Cup with King Agamemnon's clashes with is ace warrior Achilles.

Missing Persons premiered in 2005 at the Assembly Rooms during Edinburgh Fringe Festival and transferred in 2006 to the West End's Trafalgar Studios in London.

Cast: 1 male

What people say:

"...like a quiet, lethal explosion somewhere in the very heart of you...." — The Guardian

"Colin Teevan’s five monologues are so punchyily written they came alive for today." — The Times

"Colin Teevan writes with beautiful old-school lyricism." — Independent on Sunday

About the Playwright:

Colin Teevan is a celebrated Irish playwright, writer for screen, translator and academic. He was born in Dublin, and was a founder member and Artistic Director of Galloglass Theatre Company. He is now based in England, where he is Professor of Playwriting and Screenwriting at Birkbeck, University of London. His work has been produced by many leading theatres including the National, the Young Vic, the Soho Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland.