Зарубежная драматургия
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежная драматургияA Russian Trilogy
Includes the plays Yelena , Three Sisters Two and On the Lake . This second volume of de Wet's plays brings together three pieces which take as their inspiration the life and work of Anton Chekhov. Yelena uses the characters from Uncle Vanya and focuses on the interpersonal dramas of a small group of people connected by love, marriage and blood. The acclaimed Three Sisters Two offers us a vision of the confusions and the collapse of value systems which occur at times of revolution. Performed at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, February 2002
Head/Case
Somebody hit Tracy on the head with a brick. And something just as bad has happened to Julia. But how can you hang on to your identity when you don't know who you are anymore? Head/Case is a powerful drama about identity and a mind damaged almost beyond repair.How do you define yourself when you literally don't know who you are anymore? How do you begin to heal when you cannot fix your sense of self? And how much does nationality, culture and memory shape who you actually are? Produced at the Soho Theatre in January 2005.
The Bottle
When dreamer Ravi inherits a stinking run-down cafe in the back end of Kings Cross, he genuinely believes he's up on his luck. Calling on his two best friends, Suresh, a small-time enterpreneur, and Irvin, an out of work actor, Ravi proudly dreams of opening a chic new joint to entice in the posh crowd. But their fun and friendship are rapidly brought to a devastating climax with the unexpected visit from a quirky local called Ken, and a surprising discovery… Dark, punchy and wickedly entertaining, this brilliant black comedy thriller rips apart the sensibilities of three British Asian Londoners striving for definition, as they tumble into a nightmarish sequence of frighteningly bizarre events and behaviour.
Kops: Plays Three
The Dream of Peter Mann was first produced at the Edinburgh Lyceum in 1960 and is a bold exploration of what it is to live in a world threatened by nuclear annihilation. In [i]Enter Solly Gold[/i], an irreverent and much lighter work, Kops’ protagonist fleeces a family of vulgar snobs, reducing them to penury but also introducing them to an enjoyment of life. Who Shall I Be Tomorrow? was a hit at the Greenwich Theatre in 1982 with Joanna Lumley as the frighteningly deluded woman trying to flee her own reality by building herself a world of daydreams.
The Hot Zone
‘The original reason for creating the concentration camps was to keep there such people whom we rightfully considered enemies of the State’ Herman Goering, Nuremberg Trial, 1946 Three British Asians are incarcerated in an unfamiliar land. Guilty or innocent? The journey of five characters is explored at their point of intersection. All is not what it seems. Truth and deception, reality and fabrication are woven together in this powerful tale that explores one of the most controversial aspects of modern day counter-terrorism. Inspired by the Guardian dossiers of interviews at Guantanamo Bay, this illuminative and daring new play looks at how the global ‘war on terror’ has rocked our perceptions of national and religious identity. Mixing fact and fiction, horror and dark humour, The Hot Zone boldly addresses the political abuse of human rights today.
Spike
Sunday. July, 2001. Hendon, centre of the world. A car salesman, alone in the showroom, performs an intimate act of love and worship. Pigeon, crashing through the plate-glass window, witnesses everything. This almighty puncture is the beginning of the big end. Worlds collide. Lives swerve and skid. A pile-up of secrets, sex and sabotage. Can the immaculate bodywork remain undented? And who’s ultimately behind the wheel? An explosive black comedy which opened at the Nuffield Theatre in 2001, starring Richard Briers.
Moonlight and Magnolias
‘There’s your first problem. No Civil War movie ever made a dime. Or ever will.’ Hollywood, 1939: semi-independent mogul David O. Selznick has just shut down production on the most eagerly anticipated movie in history – his megabudget version of Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling novel Gone With The Wind – scrapping the original script and sacking the director in the process. Determined to produce a rewrite in five days, he engages the reluctant services of ace script doctor Ben Hecht – possibly the only person in America who has not read the novel – and the movie’s new director Victor Fleming, poached straight from the set of The Wizard of Oz , where he had been squabbling with the Munchkins and coming to blows with Judy Garland. His reputation on the line, Selznick locks himself in his office with his two collaborators, with nothing but a stockpile of peanuts and bananas to sustain them, and a marathon creative session begins…
Mincemeat
“YOU KNOW THAT FEELING WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’VE DONE, YOU’RE NOT SURE IF YOU MIGHT HAVE COMMITTED SOME AWFUL CRIME…AND SOMETIMES IT STAYS WITH YOU ALL MORNING…” A narrative that crosses time and territory to fi nd answers to questions of identity and matters of life and death, Mincemeat unravels the truths and the untruths surrounding a World War Two intelligence operation. First aired in June 2001, Mincemeat features testimony, speculation and outright lies to reveal the shocking truth behind an event that changed history. KIDNAP! In 2009, a group of squatters kidnap a judge and put him on trial for a sixty-six year-old crime. SUICIDE! In 1909, a young and lice-ridden Adolf Hitler washes up in a homeless shelter in Vienna; thirty-six years later he will commit suicide. MURDER? In 1943, the body of a military man is washed up on a Spanish beach, helping prevent the death of thousands. An accidental hero – or a man who never was?
Hyperlynx
A sunny September day. Heather Smithson, a senior MI5 controller, has a dilemma. Her job is on the line. She pauses in the sunshine to brood on recent events and what they mean in her life. Seattle, Genoa, New York: What is the battleground? Who is the enemy? Hyperlynx was performed as a one act rehearsed reading at the Edinburgh Festival in August 2001. Its grim premonition of the terrorist activity of September 11th, necessitated that John McGrath wrote a second act. He completed the play in November before his death in January 2002. Hyperlynx was the winner of the Fringe First Award, Edinburgh 2002
The Stalin Trilogy: Lenin in Love,the Teddy Bears' Picnic,the Potsdam Quartet (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
Includes the plays Lenin in Love, The Teddy Bears' Picnic and The Potsdam QuartetThree gripping political plays: Lenin in Love takes up the alleged sexual troika and sadistic inclinations of one of the foremost political leaders of the 20th century.The Teddy Bears' Picnic is an ironic comedy which shows Stalin playing relaxed host and bon viveur in his country retreat. His Politburo guests are somewhat less relaxed. The Potsdam Quartet features four embittered musicians hired to entertain Stalin, Truman, Atlee and Churchill as they ‘divide up the world'.