The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe by Elton Townend Jones


The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe
Title : The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe
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ISBN : 0573132038
ISBN-10 : 9780573132032
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 52
Publication : First published December 15, 2015

She was the most famous movie star in the world, famous for all the wrong her image, her sex appeal, her frailties and failings; for her love affairs, her lateness on set and her drug dependency. For decades the sensation surrounding her death has eclipsed the sensation of her life. But no one knows what events led up to that fateful night in August 1962 when Marilyn was only 36 years old. Until now. The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe, recognises a Marilyn never before alone in only her dressing gown; no glitz, no glamour, no masks. Overdosed on pills, the woman behind the icon drifts back through her life and the memories of those she loved the most. Revealing a frustrated intelligence, she exposes the truth behind her legend, leading us, in real time, to the centre of her psyche, the truth of her being, and the moment of her demise.

The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe Reviews

  • Briana Moody

    Beautiful 'fictional' description of Marilyn's last hour. Focusing on the woman instead of the bombshell. I think it's so important to see people under all the exterior faces we put on for the public.
    I am looking forward to diving in this script even more with my directing class and hearing their perspective of the show.

  • Kylie

    SPOILERS INCLUDED
    Wow. What an amazing piece of writing and artistry. From the outset you are brought into Marilyn's world. The woman, not the movie star. Just a poor broken girl, thrust into the spotlight, desperately looking for love and acceptance.

    The play is set in the final hour before her death. Just Marilyn and the audience. She tells the story of her life in backwards order. Going right back to her painful childhood. You watch her discover herself through her seeming ramblings. As she tells the audience the deepest details of her life, she takes the pills that end it all.

    A fictional yet deeply moving look at the woman who was Marilyn Monroe.