'TANTIBUS'

Giving all those Circumstances for £3

• I am a lawyer
• I am punctual : changes during the course of the play especially during meeting with Amir (superficial likely causes: Alcohol, depression, drug addiction
• I am meticulous: slowly becomes more thoughtless and sloppy (superficial likely causes: drug addiction, alcoholism and depression
• I am having bad dreams
• I am a wanker (according to Amir; intellectual, left-wing)
• I had a great time at University 
• I have a nose bleed (too much time with Charlie)
• I haven't checked Amir's charges (thoughtless, sloppy)
• I had sex with Holly ( slight sex addiction using Holly to distract me from thinking about Corrine (ex-girlfriend and nightmares.
• I am being ignored by Holly (want what you can't have)
• I watch Holly on my lunch break (subconscious obsession)  
• Holly is scared of me
• I saw John's speech (answers need the answers) 
• I saw John's website (answers need those answers, help me)
• I am representing Edith (Holly's Grandmother) (way to make good with Holly 'I'm not scary')
• Alice is my assistant
• I persuaded the bank to clear Edith's name
• I do not charge Edith any money 
• Alice tries to seduce me
• I don't want Alice to seduce me
• When I was a student I would go to Trafalgar Square to get pissed
• I am a bastard (according to Holly) 
• I believe paying girls for sex is a deal
• I can't sleep
• I am not working
• My dad died during the period we were not talking because of an argument
• I cheated on the love of my life and she left me
• I think I'm scary
• I prayed for forgiveness
• I heard John's voice in my prayer
• I'm close to a breakdown
• I was scared to go home
• I got a cab to my mum's house- she was surprised to see me
• I'm disappointing that John was charged with murder
• She cleared out my old room
• She didn't ask many questions
• My mum is growing peas 
• I'm curious after watching a video of me as a kid why I turned out the way I am.

RYEAKCHON

My initial response after first reading the script was that the play’s plot line and context massively overrode the substance of the characters; something I detest about a lot of contemporary scripts. Even though Bartlett had clearly created very real people going through very real difficulties, the shortness of the scenes overshadowed the possibility of fully gaining a second glance on who these people actually were, therefore making them rather one-dimensional characters. For that reason, I knew from day one that to create a three-dimensional figure of being that the audience can analyse and develop a viewpoint towards was immensely important in terms of heightening the richness that lingered within the play.

Moreover, my initial reaction towards my character was rather optimistic. From first observing Mark and how he interacted within the script, it is evident that he is a man who is slowly breaking down.  However, the way he carries himself within the play allowed me to acknowledge that he very much masks his issues with his arrogance mixed in with his various lawyer traits, primarily being able maintain a straight face in dark circumstances. 

--BITAMARK--

Name: Mark De Fiore Pearce

Age: 32

7^th November 1982

Born in Guys Hospital, London Bridge.

Occupation: Solicitor in criminal law.

University: LSE Graduated 2005.

Father: Rupert Pearce (60)- Barrister-Eng-Wel- died 7^th May 2013.

Mother: Annetta Pearce (De Fiore) (56) Eng-Ita

Younger sister: Aria De Fiore Pearce (23). Dropped out of London College of Fashion after first term.

Grew up on Peel Street, Kensington. Mother and father had very distant relationship with me therefore I was raised by nannies. As I was growing up I realised that my parents hated each other as they never spent any time together. We never went on family holidays or celebrated any festive times of the year. Attended Cameron House Primary School. Later Attended St. Phillips prep school. At school I was a misbehaved child who was often excluded. At the age of 16 I became addicted to cocaine and ecstasy. I was arrested a number of times until I was forced by the law to go into rehabilitation. At the age of 18 I was sober. However, that same year my parents filed for divorce. My father was granted custody due to my mother’s bipolar disorder. My father was a strict man who motivated me into becoming a solicitor. My father was very harsh on my younger sister due to her disinterest in the law. My father was a misogynistic man ever since I was young, often taking luxurious holidays whilst me and my sister were left with the nanny.