David Williamson: Collected Plays Volume V - Couverture souple

Williamson, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1760622877 ISBN 13 : 9781760622879

Editeur : Currency Press Pty Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

Australia's most well-known playwright, David Williamson, returns with four new plays -- three comedies that demonstrate his continued skill at tapping into the zeitgeist, alongside a sweeping historical drama. In Nearer the Gods, Williamson brilliantly recreates Sir Isaac Newton's battle with the Royal Society to prove his astonishing universal theory of gravity. In Sorting Out Rachel Williamson steps onto fertile ground with a social comedy about legacy, greed, entitlement and making good on past relationships. In The Big Time best friends are put to the test in a satirical comedy set in the celebrity world of TV, film and theatre. In Odd Man Out a couple navigate the emotional terrain of a new relationship, which turns out to be less typical than either of them expect.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID WILLIAMSON is Australia's best known and most widely performed playwright. His first full-length play The Coming of Stork was presented at La Mama Theatre in 1970 and was followed by The Removalists, Don's Party, The Department, The Club, Travelling North, The Perfectionist, Sons of Cain, Emerald City, Top Silk, Money and Friends, Brilliant Lies, Sanctuary, Dead White Males, After the Ball, Corporate Vibes, Face to Face, Rupert, Nearer the Gods, and Sorting out Rachel. He has had over fifty plays produced. His plays have been translated into many languages and performed internationally, including major productions in London, Los Angeles, New York and Washington. As a screenwriter, Williamson has brought to the screen his own plays including The Removalists, Don's Party, The Club, Travelling North and Emerald City along with his original screenplays for feature films including Libido, Petersen, Gallipoli, Phar Lap, The Year of Living Dangerously and Balibo. The adaptation of his play Face to Face, directed by Michael Rymer, won the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Williamson was the first person outside Britain to receive the George Devine Award (for The Removalists). His many awards include twelve Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards, five Australian Film Institutes' Awards for Best Screenplay and, in 1996 the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award. In 2005 he was awarded the Richard Lane Award for services to the Australian Writers' Guild. David has received four honorary doctorates and been made an Officer of the Order of Australia. Williamson has been named one of Australia's Living National Treasures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Currency Press Pty Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1760622877
• ISBN 13: 9781760622879
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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