A note from Marc Zakian ; the plays author. I was delighted to be commissioned by Théâtre en Anglais to adapt The Time Machine for the stage. H. G. Wells’s novel is a classic: the first popular work of fiction to explore the modern idea of time by imagining a machine capable of carrying its creator into the future. Bringing the novel to the stage posed a challenge. The book is told in the first person, and its protagonist has no name. So I gave him one — chosen for a hidden connection to time itself. See if you can work it out. Though written in late Victorian England, the novel’s themes could not be more contemporary: social division and education, the dangers of unchallenged faith in technology, and the catastrophic cost of neglecting our planet. But a theatre show can’t be a lecture. At the heart of our production is a love story between the past and the future, in which our protagonists must choose if — and where — they can be together. This is set against an action-adventure struggle to defeat the terrifying Morlocks, the death-eaters of the future world. Marc Zakian is a London-based writer, historian, photographer, and podcast producer. He is the creator and producer of the podcast Extraordinary Stories of Britain (www.storiesofbritain.com), which explores people and places from British history. As a photographer, Marc contributed the images for 111 Places in London’s East End That You Shouldn’t Miss (Emons, 2020). His writing and photography have appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Evening Standard, Condé Nast Traveller, and Wizz Magazine.
A note from Marc Zakian ; the plays author. I was delighted to be commissioned by Théâtre en Anglais to adapt The Time Machine for the stage. H. G. Wells’s novel is a classic: the first popular work of fiction to explore the modern idea of time by imagining a machine capable of carrying its creator into the future. Bringing the novel to the stage posed a challenge. The book is told in the first person, and its protagonist has no name. So I gave him one — chosen for a hidden connection to time itself. See if you can work it out. Though written in late Victorian England, the novel’s themes could not be more contemporary: social division and education, the dangers of unchallenged faith in technology, and the catastrophic cost of neglecting our planet. But a theatre show can’t be a lecture. At the heart of our production is a love story between the past and the future, in which our protagonists must choose if — and where — they can be together. This is set against an action-adventure struggle to defeat the terrifying Morlocks, the death-eaters of the future world. Marc Zakian is a London-based writer, historian, photographer, and podcast producer. He is the creator and producer of the podcast Extraordinary Stories of Britain (www.storiesofbritain.com), which explores people and places from British history. As a photographer, Marc contributed the images for 111 Places in London’s East End That You Shouldn’t Miss (Emons, 2020). His writing and photography have appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Evening Standard, Condé Nast Traveller, and Wizz Magazine.
A note from Marc Zakian ; the plays author. I was delighted to be commissioned by Théâtre en Anglais to adapt The Time Machine for the stage. H. G. Wells’s novel is a classic: the first popular work of fiction to explore the modern idea of time by imagining a machine capable of carrying its creator into the future. Bringing the novel to the stage posed a challenge. The book is told in the first person, and its protagonist has no name. So I gave him one — chosen for a hidden connection to time itself. See if you can work it out. Though written in late Victorian England, the novel’s themes could not be more contemporary: social division and education, the dangers of unchallenged faith in technology, and the catastrophic cost of neglecting our planet. But a theatre show can’t be a lecture. At the heart of our production is a love story between the past and the future, in which our protagonists must choose if — and where — they can be together. This is set against an action-adventure struggle to defeat the terrifying Morlocks, the death-eaters of the future world. Marc Zakian is a London-based writer, historian, photographer, and podcast producer. He is the creator and producer of the podcast Extraordinary Stories of Britain (www.storiesofbritain.com), which explores people and places from British history. As a photographer, Marc contributed the images for 111 Places in London’s East End That You Shouldn’t Miss (Emons, 2020). His writing and photography have appeared in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Evening Standard, Condé Nast Traveller, and Wizz Magazine.