Music Theatre
DAVID HAINES (composer / lyricist / librettist)
Written: 1990
Type of Show: For adults.
Duration: 60 mins
Cast: Mezzo-soprano, baritone, tenor.
Musicians: One piano.
Musical Style: Contemporary lyrical chamber opera bearing influences from many different styles of music.
Productions: Northcott Studio Theatre, Exeter 1990.
Summary of Story: Workaholic sleep researcher Angelica deceives the non-sleeping computer games designer, Frank, as she searches for a sleep antidote. He is desperate to re-enter the dream-world where he used to find all his ideas. When her brother Jeremy helps Frank act out his last dream he inadvertently creates the conditions to shatter Angelica's hopes of a Nobel Prize.
Material available: Full Script / Mini-disk/ Tape (of extracts) / Synopsis / Vocal Score