59 Minutes in the Maxwell Suite
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Bandler Corporation
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Decades from now, in an era of customized realities, billionaire Luton Maxwell—inventor of the psycho-invasive, mind-augmenting Maxwell Patch—is under Congressional investigation for ethics and human rights violations. Indeed, everyone is after Time Magazine’s most hated man on the planet. The night Luton provokes Naomi Verne, actress and daughter of a presidential candidate, into storming his hotel suite, a suicide squad—supported by a dirty bomb—supposedly takes over the floor below. Fact or illusion, in the frenzied swirl of allegation and revelation, Luton’s plan for her survival unfolds—to begin with, Naomi must forsake her identity.
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59 Minutes in the Maxwell Suite is a two-act science fiction play, written by John Bandler. The first of a trilogy and set in the dystopic near-future, 59 Minutes explores themes of digital dystopia, religious terrorism, and technology ethics. Subsequent stage plays in the trilogy are That the Multitude May Live (2012) and The Trial of Naomi Verne (2014). This October 30, 2012 version is 46 pages. The play was staged for Hamilton Fringe Festival at the Downtown Arts Centre Studio (July 14-24, 2011) and directed by Tom Mackan. See also: http://www.bandler.com/act, https://web.archive.org/web/20211016175642/http://bandler.com/act (accessed date July 10, 2023). Promotional videos can be found on John Bandler’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/Bandler2009/ .
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Bandler, John, 59 Minutes in the Maxwell Suite, Bandler Corporation, Dundas, ON, Canada, 2012.