{"id":888,"date":"2019-05-28T22:05:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T22:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?page_id=888"},"modified":"2019-05-28T22:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T22:05:42","slug":"work-makes-you-free","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?page_id=888","title":{"rendered":"WORK MAKES YOU FREE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Short play version performed as part of &#8216;A Bad Case of the Mondays&#8217; at the Park Theatre, January 2014. Directed by Cat Robey. Cast: Antonia Reid and Gemma Rook. Full length play version first performed as a rehearsed reading at RADA in August 2014, directed by Chipo Chung.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/work-makes-you-free-image-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"work makes you free image\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/work-makes-you-free-image-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/work-makes-you-free-image-375x300.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/work-makes-you-free-image.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The first play, Work Makes You Free, related the case of a young actress forced to work for free at Poundland to keep her benefits. Her opponent is a cold businesswoman who finds herself enchanted by the power she gets from anonymously bullying the actress online&#8230;.The play was well structured and had a good balance between the two characters, and though the dominant tone was comedy, it also had a dark side. This was the best of the seven pieces.&#8221; <strong>Everything Theatre<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Here\u2019s a writer who\u2019s not afraid to poke some fun at his own world. Refreshing!&#8221; <strong>Hackney Hive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;&#8230;by far the strongest piece, opening the night and warming up the audience for all the plays to follow. Initially there is little to connect laid-back actor Willow (Antonia Reid) and businesswoman Jane (Gemma Rook), but as Ross begins to weave their monologues together, there is a satisfying explosion.&#8221; <strong>Views From The Gods<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short play version performed as part of &#8216;A Bad Case of the Mondays&#8217; at the Park Theatre, January 2014. Directed by Cat Robey. Cast: Antonia Reid and Gemma Rook. Full length play version first performed as a rehearsed reading at RADA in August 2014, directed by Chipo Chung. &#8220;The first play, Work Makes You Free, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/?page_id=888\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WORK MAKES YOU FREE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-888","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":889,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/888\/revisions\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelrossplaywright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}