Red
RED. A New Play by John Logan. Presented at the Donmar Warehouse. This is a play for two actors, lasting approximately 100 minutes, without interval, by American, John Logan – (eg. Theatre: NEVER THE SINNER and film: THE AVIATOR, GLADIATOR, etc). It is set in Mark Rothko’s studio at 220 Bowery, New York, during 1958 and 1959. A young man/artist, Ken (Eddie Redmayne) is employed to be an assistant/’dog’s body to the artist Rothko (Alfred Molina). The job/role/challenge is accepted by the young man and the play charts the learning process of both men in the two years covered…