Three Plays: Absurd Person Singular, Absent Friends, Bedroom Farce - Couverture souple

Ayckbourn, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140481508 ISBN 13 : 9780140481501

Editeur : Penguin, 1979

Synopsis

Funny, gripping and wrenchingly truthful, these three blackly comic plays slice into the soul of suburbia. Couples - often mismatched, sometimes disorientated - dominate the action. The settings are simple - a kitchen, a bedroom, a party - all familiar terrains where husbands and wives meet, bewildered, puzzled and angry. 'In the hilarious delineation of marital pain there is no one to touch Alan Ayckbourn' - Eric Shorter in the "Daily Telegraph".

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'What is remarkable about Alan Ayckbourn's comedy is that it contrives to be simultaneously hilarious and harrowing. Literally, it is agonisingly funny'

Daily Telegraph

In Three Plays Ayckbourn's darkly comic, perfectly pitched dialogue slices into the soul of suburbia. The settings are simple - a kitchen, a bedroom, a party - where couples meet, bewildered, puzzled and angry.The fraught relationships between men and women are exposed with humour, bathos and a sharp understanding of human nature.

'When it comes to surprises, Ayckbourn never disappoints' Observer

Biographie de l'auteur :

Born in London in 1939, Alan Ayckbourn is one of the world's most popular and prolific playwrights. He has written 74 full length plays and more than 20 other revues and plays for children. He is also an acclaimed director. Alan Ayckbourn was awarded a CBE in 1987. Ten years later to the day, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 'for services to the theatre.'

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0140481508
• ISBN 13: 9780140481501
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256