Inigo: a play about Ignatius of Loyola
By Jonathan Moore and Mark Lawson
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The fast-paced story of one man's journey from sinner to saint as he battles the Inquisition and the corruption of the Catholic Church.
Inigo (Ignatius of Loyola) begins as a hot-headed, street-fighting sensualist, in this action-packed play but due to serious injury in a sword-fight, he becomes disabled and has to spend time recovering and reassessing his dissolute life. This stage version of his life follows his transformation to become the co-founder of the Jesuits in the sixteenth century, battling the powers of the day and the Inquisition.
In Moore's bold, funny play, he asserts Inigo's position as a radical figure bent on changing the Catholic Church.
It is ideal for performing in schools, colleges and theatres.
Of special interest to schools and colleges, many of which are named after Inigo (Ignatius of Loyola). Inigo's spiritual tools for change have informed modern self-development programs such as the 12 step program for recovering drug and alcohol addicts.
As Pope Francis is a Jesuit, this is a timely exploration of one of history's major spiritual leaders and reformers.
"This is the most interesting play text to have reached me for a while... Ignatius of Loyala, founder of the Jesuits is not the most obvious choice for a play subject until you remember that he was effectively a counter-cultural radical fighting an implacable establishment suddenly it s both topical and relevant. I hope this thoughtful, engaging and very funny in places eight-hander will get more outings very soon. If not read the text anyway." --Susan Elkin, The Stage
"Impressive...entertaining. Enlightening."
★★★★ LondonTheatre1
"Historically accurate, comic and thought-provoking while still incredibly relevant."
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"Brilliantly written and acted...a great evening of thoughtful and dynamic theatre"
--Mark Lawson (Writer, Arts Broadcaster and Journalist)
"The intelligence of the production, and especially the vitality and versatility of the performances make for a moving, stimulating and enjoyable experience. The structure and dynamism of the play, the art with which Jonathan Moore makes Ignatius accessible to us, capturing much of the drama of the Spiritual Exercises themselves, would also make ‘Iñigo’ an excellent discovery for schools and colleges. I hope that is something we may look forward to." --James Hanvey , Master of Campion Hall, Oxford University. (on thinkingfaith.org)
(Full article: http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/forging-soul-‘iñigo’-white-bear-theatre)
"Condensing a life so full of internal struggle, complex relationships and momentous incident into two hours of drama is an astonishing achievement. Jonathan Moore has honed the story with skill and passion and also a good measure of humour." --Jane Hellings, Jesuits and Friends
Jonathan Moore
is an award-winning actor, writer and director. As an actor he has played leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Co, Royal Court, Donmar, the Royal Exchange and on BBC TV. He has directed theatre and opera world premieres at the Almeida, Donmar, West End, Royal Exchange, Gate, English National Opera, Covent Garden, La Fenice in Venice and on TV among many others. He has directed world premieres by composers such as Turnage, MacMillan, Henze, Schnittke, Nyman, Copeland and more, and his early work was sponsored by Joe Strummer of The Clash. He has collaborated with members of punk band Killing Joke and on several projects with Industrial group Test Dept. A published playwright and librettist, his work has been performed at leading theatres including the Donmar, Royal Exchange, Gate, BBC TV, radio and internationally. Jonathan was a
Jonathan Moore
JONATHAN MOORE lives in Hawaii with his wife and son, and is the author of five books. Before completing law school in New Orleans, he was an English teacher, a bar owner, a raft guide, a counselor at a Texas wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, and an investigator for a criminal defense attorney in Washington, D.C.
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Inigo - Jonathan Moore
Jonathan Moore
Jonathan Moore is an award winning actor, writer and director. As an actor he has played leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Co, Royal Court, Donmar, the Royal Exchange and on BBC TV. He has directed theatre and opera world premieres at the Almeida, Donmar, West End, Royal Exchange, Gate, English National Opera, Covent Garden, La Fenice in Venice and on TV among many others. He has directed world premieres by composers such as Turnage, MacMillan, Henze, Schnittke, Nyman, Copeland and more, and his early work was sponsored by Joe Strummer of The Clash. He has collaborated with members of punk band Killing Joke and on several projects with Industrial group Test Dept.
A published playwright and librettist, his work has been performed at leading theatres including the Donmar, Royal Exchange, Gate, BBC TV, radio and internationally. Jonathan was asked by Mark Rylance to direct the large scale immersive project for over fifty performers What You Will, a co-production for Shakespeare’s Globe, The Cultural Olympiad and Mayor’s Office and several subsequent Shakespeare projects. He is due to direct a large scale site specific immersive project for Ludovico Einaudi in Italy and a new opera project with Stewart Copeland. He is on the Artistic Advisory Committee of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He has had a Who’s Who entry since 2007.
www.jonathanmooreuk.com
First published in the UK in 2015 by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd 67 Grove Avenue, Twickenham, TW1 4HX
Inigo © 2015 Jonathan Moore
Cover graphic © 2015 Rhys Jenkins
Introduction © 2015 Mark Lawson
Painting of Ignatius of Loyola by Montserrat Gudiol used by kind permission of Cova, Manresa
Production: Simon Smith
With many thanks to: Neil Gregory, Richard Turk, Grace Thiele, Lucia Tunstall, Ellen Cheshire and Tracey Mulford.
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ISBN: 978-1-906582-72-2 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-906582-73-9 (ebook)
INIGO
by
JONATHAN MOORE
With love and thanks to William Billy
Hewett SJ for his initiating inspiration for this play, and in recognition of his lifetime’s devotion to telling Inigo’s story through the arts.
AURORA METRO BOOKS
The intelligence of the production, and especially the vitality and versatility of the performances make for a moving, stimulating and enjoyable experience. The structure and dynamism of the play, the art with which Jonathan Moore makes Ignatius accessible to us, capturing much of the drama of the ‘Spiritual Exercises’ themselves, would also make ‘Inigo’ an excellent discovery for schools and colleges. I hope that is something we may look forward to.
James Hanvey SJ, Master of Campion Hall, Oxford University. (thinkingfaith.org)
An astonishing achievement. Jonathan Moore has honed the story with skill and passion and also a good measure of humour.
Jane Hellings, Jesuits and Friends.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BIOGRAPHIES
INIGO
Jonathan Moore would like to thank:
Mum and Dad; special thanks to Elly Harrison; Michael Kingsbury and all at The White Bear, especially Jonathan Woodhouse and Rhys Jenkins; all the amazing actors: Ian, Carolyn, Stacie, Christine and all at BADA; Lloyd Trott for invaluable dramaturgical advice and Diane Favell at RADA; Annie Tyson and the young cast at Drama Centre in 2010; Wills at Shakespeare’s Globe; Billy Hewett, Jacob Murray, Jack Shepherd, Roger Monk and John Moffat for help with various drafts; Director Greg Hersov and great assistant Rafaella Marcus for editorial help in the rehearsal period. Mark Lawson for all his support; Jane Hellings (and all at Jesuit Media Initiatives.) Andrew Cameron-Mowat SJ, James Martin SJ, Dermot Preston SJ, and Deb Waters for her intelligence and humour and for being a genius prop maker. Chris Smyth and Amber Taylor, our stage managers at the White Bear and Pleasance respectively; Tania Azavedo, assistant director at the White Bear Theatre whose relentless optimism and efficiency lifted everyone. Julie Bergevin, Janice de Broíthe and Chloe France, brilliant assistants for the transfer production. Laura Cordery and Lily Faith Knight, our designers at White Bear and the Pleasance respectively. Ben Cowens, a lighting and sound designer of rare and brilliant gifts.
To the actor Mary D’Arcy Ryan, who was my inspirational drama teacher of genius. (She encouraged my dream when I was ten that I could be an actor). It’s all your fault Mary! Love and thanks always. The play reunited us after thirty years and led to her support for the revival; James Garriock, RIP, inspirational headmaster; Tiggy Butler, without whom the first production couldn’t have happened; Christina Potty
Connolly, a major force behind Inigo Enterprises, for her support.
Thanks also to: Cova, Manresa, for granting permission to use the painting of Ignatius of Loyola by Montserrat Gudiol; and to an Anonymous Donor.
Introduction
Saints and Punks: The Theatre of Jonathan Moore
Although I accept that this will not be the case for most travelers in London, the Underground system holds two particular cultural associations for me. When arriving at a station on a particular east-to-west line with green and yellow livery, I think of Seamus Heaney’s poetry collection District and Circle. And, when catching sight of the warning printed above the door of trains to encourage fluent movement at crowded times – Obstructing the Doors Causes Delays and Is Dangerous
– I think of the plays of Jonathan Moore.
With a title that captures a crucially combative aspect of both his writing and his personality, Obstruct the Doors, Cause Delay and Be Dangerous – one of Moore’s early plays – was my introduction to his work in the 1980s, along with a TV version of Treatment, his magnificently angry and distinctive piece about Liam, a young man trying to escape from the life of gang violence to which his location and background threaten to condemn him.
Transformation – social, artistic, spiritual – is the recurrent theme of Moore’s plays. Apart from Liam’s struggle between two possible lives in Treatment, the characters in Fall from Light have reached the world of opera from a London estate.
Those who know or know about Moore may dare to presume some autobiography in the latter play, as the writer grew up in an ordinary second generation Irish Catholic family and has reached places – such as directing in the grandest opera houses of Europe – that most sociologists would not have predicted to appear on his CV.
Inigo, his tremendous new play, again features a protagonist who ends up somewhere that would originally have seemed unlikely to both himself and to others. Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order of Roman Catholic priests, abandoned a life of wealth, sex and violence to become a Christian pilgrim whose opposition to the