Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God

This powerful play which has been produced several times in New York City is a profound and moving account of Freddie Mercury's life from his own retrospective view as conceived of by the author. Reading it in script form is a way to understand and feel very connected to the private man behind the celebrity image. The author has interpreted biographical information with extraordinary insight and sensitivity. I hope this inspiring play will be read and produced by creative people all over the world as the legend of Freddie Mercury continues into future generations.

Who was Freddie Mercury? You can go to the library and take out a biography or buy one at Barnes and Noble or you can go one better and here Freddie tell his own remarkable story. In Mercuy: The LIfe And Times Of A Rock God, Charles Messina gives us the opportunity to hear Freddie bare his soul in his own words (so to speak). With an absentee father who traveled all too frequently to make an impact on an impressionable young boy, and a mother who relied too heavily on servants to fill the emotional void, we begin to understand Freddie's insatiable need for love and attention. In this remarkable play Charles Messina brings Freddie to life, taking us from his childhood in St. Peter's, "A pretentious British Boarding school smack in the middle of India, to his rise to penultimate "Rock God". Throughout the play Freddie struggles to come to terms with two starkly conflicting sides of himself. The all too conservative, prudish, puritancal and prudish Farok Bulsara and the flamboyant, reckless, unbridled, insatiable and egotistical Freddie Mercury. What was it that drove Freddie to the extremes, i.e. sex, sex, sex, drugs, drugs, drugs and never enough, rock and roll? Never enough adulation, acclaim and adoration from his devoted fans. You can check a book out of the library but If I were you, I would let Freddie tell it to you in his own words. Alan Gordon

An incredible, moving and thought provoking story. The author, Charles Messina, captured Freddie Mercury like no one else has ever had. I had the fortunate opportunity to see this piece done in New York, and when I saw the book, I had to have it and relive it again. I hope it gets produced again and comes back for all to see and enjoy. This is truly the man behind the music and voice that we all know and love. And his story manages to touch and grab you, no matter who you are.