Oliver Emanuel
Список книг автора Oliver EmanuelMan Across the Way / Magpie Park
Fraser and Dougie are watching a suspect.Sal is learning a new dance.An explosion rips through the city.But you're just getting on with your own life.Aren't you?First performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2007, Man Across the Way is a dazzling, anarchic new play about surveillance, tap-dancing and the new world order. Magpie Park features a Harvey Nics store detective with a dodgy past and a florist with a missing sister. What brings them together in a room at the Queens Hotel?Part mystery, part romance, this tender-hearted thriller follows the two on a trail through Leeds from the bright lights of Briggate to the birds of Hyde Park. Magpie Park was first performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse as part of the Northern Exposure Festival.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
So is Robin Hood a real person? Yes and no. What does that mean? He’s a legend… a myth. Define myth, please. A story that has been told so many times it’s impossible to tell if it’s true anymore. A shadow creeps across the courtyard of Nottingham Castle. Someone has been stealing chickens which is a crime punishable by the loss of an ear. The Sheriff of Nottingham and his wolf are lying in wait but tonight they will get more than they bargain for… A tale that’s been told a thousand times – although never quite like this – The Adventures of Robin Hood is a story about heroism and friendship, corruption and murder. There are sword fights, archery competitions, daring rescues and impossible escapes. A wild, anarchic take on an ancient story. Originally commissioned by Visible Fictions and the Kennedy Centre, Washington DC.
The 306: Dawn
[i]‘I don’t believe in heroes and cowards. Not in war. It’s only my opinion but I’ve been in it since the beginning.’[/i] The 306: Dawn is a new piece of music theatre from the National Theatre of Scotland as part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary. Based on real events, it charts the journey of three of the British soldiers who were executed for cowardice, desertion and mutiny during World War I (1914-18). Joseph Byers is too young to enlist but like so many at the time, lies about his age to join the other men at the front. However, his dreams of being a soldier are quickly destroyed by the brutal realities of trench warfare. Lance-Sergeant Willie Stones used his rifle to block the entrance to a trench during fierce fighting. Now Willie stands accused of casting away his arms in combat – an offence punishable by death. He thought he was protecting his men, but the top brass want to make an example of him to maintain discipline in the ranks. And Harry Farr is traumatised by the things he has seen at the Battle of the Somme. He has subsequently been convicted of cowardice and, as he waits to hear his fate, he dreams of his wife and hopes for a last minute reprieve. With a contemporary score performed live by the Red Note Ensemble, the play explores the vulnerability and devastation of the battlefields and the inner struggles of the men.
