Title and Deed

by Will Eno

"Behold the newest nobody of the funniest century yet. He's almost Christ-like, from a distance, in terms of height and weight. Listen closely or drift off uncontrollably, as he speaks to you directly about the notion of home, about the notion of the world. All of it delivered with the authority that is the special province of the unsure and the un-homed, which is a word he made up accidentally. The running time, if he doesn't die or think of anything else, is roughly one hour. Title and Deed

Genres: Plays, Theatre

30 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2012

Reviews

[notgettingenough · Rating 5 out of 5]

GLAS in Geneva has done it again with Will Eno’s Title and Deed performed by Conor Lovett. Having seen Lovett undertake Molloy, also courtesy of GLAS, I’m not surprised that it inspired Eno to write this for him.

Lovett is a master of that space inside us where the belly-laugh and the heart-weep meet in their uneasy liason. Eno has created the perfect monologue for Lovett to practise his craft, destabilising the audience, exploiting that churning place between stomach and heart where our emotions lurch uncertainly one way and then the other.

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[Christopher Kent · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am going to be performing this monologue as part of my theatre troupe. I picked this due to feeling foreign in both society and in my own body thanks to my struggle with Aspergers. It's a short but poignant piece. It's comforting to know the desire to be seen and connect despite being on different wavelengths permeates the human condition.

[Nick K · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this piece. I found it moving and quite funny. I was not a fan of Thom Pain, so I was apprehensive. But I am so glad I gave this a shot.

[mollie waldrop · Rating 5 out of 5]

probably the only play that brought me to tears at first reading.