Polar Bears is a captivating tale by award-winning writer Mark Haddon. Balancing humour and pathos, it tells of one man's struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition. With an elliptical structure and teasing timeline, the play handles the subject sensitively, with vivid, sympathetically-drawn characters and nicely-balanced dialectics. Polar Bears is thought-provoking and intelligent, with echoes of Nietszchean philosophy, and it refuses to offer any easy answers for those embroiled in mental instability. The plot is as follows: John has never met anyone like Kay. When the moon is in the right phase, she is magnetic and amazingly alive. But when the darkness closes in, she is lost to another world, a world in which John does not belong. Mark Haddon is a hugely celebrated writer who is best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time, which won a string of prestigious awards, including the Whitbread Book of the Year. It quickly became an international bestseller, was printed in 32 countries and translated into 15 languages. Polar Bears is his first work for the theatre and enjoyed a high profile premiere at the Donmar Warehouse 1 April - 22 May 2010, directed by Jamie Lloyd and starring Jodhi May and Richard Coyle.
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In Polar Bears, award-winning writer Mark Haddon balances humour and pathos to tell of one man's struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition.
Published to conicide with the play's world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, on 1 April 2010. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the stellar cast includes Jodhi May and Richard Coyle. Mark Haddon is an award-winning, world famous writer whose credits include The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother.
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Published to conicide with the play's world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, on 1 April 2010. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the stellar cast includes Jodhi May and Richard Coyle.
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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ISBN
9781408130841
Publisert
2010-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
104 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
6 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

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Polar Bears is screenwriter and author Mark Haddon's first work for the theatre. As an author his work includes A Spot of Bother and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Whitbread prize, Guardian children's fiction prize, The British Book Awards - Children's Book of the Year & Literary Fiction Award, Book Trust Teenage Fiction Award), The Real Porky Philips, Agent Z and Titch Johnson - Almost World Champion. His work for television includes Coming Down the Mountain, Fungus the Bogeyman and Microsoap.