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Jean-Pierre Martinez is a contemporary French author and playwright who writes television scripts and stage plays. With an average of 350 stage productions every year, he is one of the most successful European playwrights.
A prolific writer, Martinez has written 75 comedies known for their accessibility and unique universe, populated with characters that are simultanously laughable, moving and deeply relatable. His plays typically focus on the tragi-comedy of everyday situations such as unemployment, awkward diner parties, visits from in-laws, funerals or hospital emergency rooms.
Having supported his work in Europe for several years, our goal is now to make his plays more widely known and produced in English-speaking countries.
Taking a unique approach to sharing his work, the texts of all of Jean-Pierre Martinez's plays can be downloaded for free, as well as purchased in book format (paper or digital).
However, the author's authorization is required prior to any public representation by professional or amateur companies. Contact the author's representative via this site for more information.
Martinez's plays have been translated in several languages, including English. To find the original (French) or Spanish translations, visit the author's website. For other translation enquiries, including additional languages or request the translation of a specific play, or to discuss opportunities to produce the plays, contact us via this site.
PLAYS IN ENGLISH
Several of Jean-Pierre Martinez's plays have been translated in English, and more translations are added every few months.
The texts of all of Jean-Pierre Martinez's plays can be downloaded for free, or purchased in book format (paper or digital).
However, the author's authorization is required prior to any public representation by professional or amateur companies. Contact the author's representative via this site for more information.
John and Christine have invited two of their friends for dinner in their London home. Natalie arrives without her husband, distraught, having just heard that the plane bringing him home crashed at sea. With the potential widow they wait with baited breath for news confirming whether her husband is among the survivors … and learn that they are the winners of that evening’s super jackpot lottery draw. From then on, the operative words are “controlling emotions”. And that is just the beginning of this eventful evening, with twists, turns and revelations galore.
Friday the 13th
For 1 man & 2 women
Raymond is in a deep coma following an accident on a Boris Bike. His long lost relatives are called to his bedside to decide what to do and avoid prolonged therapeutic interventions. But this collective decision becomes even more difficult when the patient turns out not to be who everyone thought he was. And is the keeper of a secret that could make everyone very rich…
Critical but Stable
For 6 characters (men or women)
The last survivors of a dying village, forsaken by God and bypassed by the motorway, decide to take matters into their own hands and create an event that will drive traffic to their village. But it’s not easy to turn the worst village in England into the next must-see tourist attraction.
Worst Village in England
For 10 actors, male or female
BOOKS
All the English translations are available in print and e-book format.
Select a play below to purchase the book directly via amazon; or access the author's amazon page.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jean-Pierre Martinez is a French playwright and scriptwriter born in 1955 in Auvers-sur-Oise (France). He got his first taste of stage performance as a drummer in various rock bands, but decided to purse a career as a semiologist in the field of advertising. In 1994 he started writing television scripts and returned to the stage as a playwright in 2002 with his first comedy Café des Sports (not yet available in English).
Today, he is among the most played contemporary playwright in France with over 350 stage productions by theater groups all over the world, and many of his plays have been translated in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Taking on an innovative approach to distribution, the scripts of all his plays free to download (PDF), and can be purchased in book format (print or digital).
If you are interested in staging one of Martinez's plays, the author's authorization is required. Contact the author's representative via this site and we can walk you through the next steps.
