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''Made of Stone'' is the first play by Leo Butler, first performed as part of the Young Writers' Festival at the Royal Court in London in 2000.〔http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/ywp_festivals.asp〕 Butler called the play, which is named after the Stone Roses' 1989 song of the same title, his 'love letter' to Sheffield. Butler says that the starting point for any of his plays is an image here he claimed it was that of two brothers standing by their father's grave. The play centres on three brothers coming to terms with their father's death. Time Out praised it as ''a corrosive examination of manhood, capturing a regional way of living, once bound by heavy industry, manual labour and close, interlocking friendships, now brought to its knees.'' The most famous scene in the play is an Oedipus complex scene where two teenagers have role play sex and the young man unbeknownst to the woman asks her to call him by his father's name while he calls her by his mother's. What's on in London praised it as ''one of the most excruciating scenes of teenage sex ever staged''. The play was published in a collection of his work issued by A & C Black.〔(A&C Black )〕 ==Characters== Gary – Thirty years old and the eldest brother. He gains a place to go to college down in London but refuses it knowing that his family needs him. Miles – Twenty eight and the racist middle brother, he fights with younger bother Pete. Loses his job as a builder when he accidentally breaks a wall. He changes his racist views after he forms a friendship with Errol, but is subsequently conned by him. Pete – Twenty one and the youngest brother. He is a mess after their father's death and struggles to cope. He begins a relationship with Carol, whom he refers to as Elaine during sex. Elaine – Early fifties and the three brothers' mother. She goes out partying and drinking heavily in her struggle to cope with the loss of her husband. Carol – Sixteen. Having a bad relationship with her parents and convinced of her own little worth, she moves in with Pete, even though he scares her with his irractic behaviour. Errol – Twenty eight, black, he tells Miles that his wife is cheating on him to gain sympathy and they go to set up a business together. He ends up conning Miles out of what is left of his inheritance money. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Made of Stone (play)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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