The Hindu : Wanted: corpse for leading role

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Monday, Mar 22, 2004

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Wanted: corpse for leading role

London: A British theatre group is to hold an unprecedented casting call for its next production. The experimental company requires a dead body to take a leading role in its latest show. The consent of the donor of the body is being sought beforehand and the production team aim to treat the subject of death with absolute seriousness, challenging modern taboos about a condition that comes to everybody at some point. Called Dead: You Will Be, the play requires a dead body to `lie in state' throughout the proceedings. "The body will not necessarily be touched by the actors at all," said Jo Dagless, one of the company's artistic directors. "But all those details would be worked out in advance with the donor and with their family." —

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