Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands
Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands

Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands

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0 hr 30 min

2006-01-02

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Set in the flooded ruins of a dystopian East London, POLLY II: PLAN FOR A REVOLUTION IN DOCKLANDS draws on references to soap opera, science fiction, satire and Brechtian ‘Lehrstueck’. It alludes to Polly, 1728, John Gay’s censored sequel to the popular Beggar’s Opera, 1727, which resurrected the character of the robber Macheath in the disguise of the African pirate captain Morano, scheming to take revenge on a colony in the West Indies, and is populated by many of the characters made popular by Gay and Brecht. The film features the naïve and incorruptible Polly, the vengeful whore Jenny Diver, and the treacherous and greedy Peachum – fencer, thief-taker and king of the beggars – and portrays them surviving in a lawless zone, set to be redeveloped into luxury waterside living, as a comment on the social struggles against gentrification and privatisation.

Drama

Science Fiction

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Characters

Sara Kean

Sara Kean

Polly Peachum

Lorraine Foster

Lorraine Foster

Lorraine

Shirley Zort

Shirley Zort

Kerry

Anthony Iles

Anthony Iles

Tony

Sophie Luis Mueller

Sophie Luis Mueller

Jenny Diver

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