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The Hypnos Hormone

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

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