Three Short Plays (eBook)

Caryl Churchill (Autor)

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2019
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-78850-173-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Three short plays by one of the most inventive dramatists working today, each written in response to political events. War and Peace Gaza Piece (2014) draws on Tolstoy's novel and accounts of family life in Gaza. Tickets are Now On Sale (2015) explores the relationship between sponsorship and the arts. Beautiful Eyes (2017) is about a family divided by politics, and was first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration. 'The wit, invention and structural ingenuity of Churchill's work are remarkable... she never does anything twice' Telegraph

Caryl Churchill is a leading playwright who has written widely for the stage, television and radio. Her stage plays include: Owners (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1972); Objections to Sex and Violence (Royal Court, 1975); Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Joint Stock, 1976); Vinegar Tom (Monstrous Regiment, 1976); Traps (Royal Court, 1977); Cloud Nine (Joint Stock, 1979); Three More Sleepless Nights (Soho Poly and Royal Court, 1980); Top Girls (Royal Court, 1982); Fen (Joint Stock, 1983); Softcops (RSC, 1984); A Mouthful of Birds with David Lan (Joint Stock, 1986); Serious Money (Royal Court and Wyndham's, London, then Public Theater, New York, 1987); Icecream (Royal Court, 1989); Mad Forest (Central School of Speech and Drama, then Royal Court, 1990); Lives of the Great Poisoners with Orlando Gough and Ian Spink (Second Stride, 1991); The Skriker (Royal National Theatre, 1994); Thyestes translated from Seneca (Royal Court, 1994); Hotel with Orlando Gough and Ian Spink (Second Stride, 1997); This is a Chair (Royal Court, 1997); Blue Heart (Joint Stock, 1997); Far Away (Royal Court, 2000, and Albery, London, 2001, then New York Theatre Workshop, 2002); A Number (Royal Court, 2002, then New York Theatre Workshop, 2004); A Dream Play after Strindberg (Royal National Theatre, 2005); Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (Royal Court, 2006, then Public Theater, New York, 2008); Bliss, translated from Olivier Choinière (Royal Court, 2008); Seven Jewish Children - a play for Gaza (Royal Court, 2009); Love and Information (Royal Court, 2012); Ding Dong the Wicked (Royal Court, 2012); Here We Go (National Theatre, 2015); Escaped Alone (Royal Court, 2016), Pigs and Dogs (Royal Court, 2016), Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. (Royal Court, 2019) and What If If Only (Royal Court, 2021).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: NHB Modern Plays
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Schlagworte: British • Cloud Nine • Drama • escaped alone • one act • PLAYS • Royal Court • Short • skriker • Theatre • Top Girls
• ISBN-10: 1-78850-173-X / 178850173X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78850-173-6 / 9781788501736