The latest collection of plays by one of Europe's most important playwrights THE CRIME OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: The past has been abolished and geography - even the sky - is changed. A woman lives in a vast desert of white rubble. A tiny group of people comes seeking a hiding place - and is exposed to the deepest questions of human existence. OLLY'S PRISON: an ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. Slowly their world turns to tragedy and a search begins that lasts for years. COFFEE: A young man alone in a room. A stranger enters. Together they journey into a dark forest...When the men return to the daylight world, they are involved in a trivial incident. It is hardly more than a gesture - yet it is something that once happened and in its triviality captures the history of our century and confronts us with the deepest questions about ourselves."A great playwright - many, particularly in continental Europe, would say the greatest living English playwright" - Independent "A play by one of Britain's greatest playwrights is an event" - TES
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Three plays by one of Europe's most important playwrights, including "The Crime of the Twenty-first Century", "Olly's Prison" and "Coffee".
The Crime of the Twenty-First Century; Olly's Prison; Coffee
Three plays by one of Europe's most important playwrights, including "The Crime of the Twenty-first Century", "Olly's Prison" and "Coffee".
The Contemporary Dramatists series celebrates the work of individual writers, bringing together into single volumes a number of plays from their oeuvre. Each volume includes a chronology of the writer's work and an introduction to the plays featured. The series is truly international with collections from leading French, German, Italian and American writers, as well as the best of British playwrights. Taken as a whole, it represents an index of great contemporary playwriting.
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ISBN
9780413771742
Publisert
2003-04-24
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Methuen Drama
Vekt
310 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
448

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Edward Bond is widely regarded as the UK's greatest and most influently playwright. His plays include The Pope's Wedding (Royal Court Theatre, 1962), Saved (Royal Court, 1965), Early Morning (Royal Court, 1968), Lear (Royal Court, 1971), The Sea (Royal Court, 1973), The Fool (Royal Court, 1975), The Woman (National Theatre, 1978), Restoration (Royal Court, 1981) and The War Plays (RSC at the Barbican Pit, 1985).