Scottish Shorts - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848420706 ISBN 13 : 9781848420700

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2010

Synopsis

A collection of nine very different short plays by three remarkable generations of Scottish writers. Mostly with casts of two and three these plays are especially well suited to performance in studio theatres and festivals. The plays *Davey Anderson Snuff. Kevin wants Billy to take part in his video project. Billy, just back from Iraq, is in no mood for games. But Kevin is not just playing - *Catherine Czerkawska The Price of a Fish Supper. Rab used to work the fishing boats. He tells us about his life before the industry collapsed. *Stanley Eveling Better Days Better Knights. An unfashionably sweet-hearted tale of a washed up knight-of-old - from the grand-daddy of modern Scottish playwriting. *David Greig Ramallah. A writer reintegrates with his wife and family after visiting Palestine. *David Harrower 54% Acrylic. A seasoned store detective chases a young, female, first-time shoplifter. Each gives their own - very divergent - account of the same incident. *Douglas Maxwell Harm. As they wait in a new 'self-harming unit' a father pours out his guilt, anger and concern to his son. *Rona Munro The Basement Flat. Fiona and Stephen are concerned about the Man upstairs and his daughter - who has left home and is turning into a fox - *Morna Pearson Distracted. Jamie lives with his useless Granny in a caravan park where George Michael lives with his dreamer of a mother. They bond uneasily - *Louise Welsh The Importance of Being Alfred. Twentythree years after his affair with Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas enters a conspiracy with a prominent homophobe -

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Philip Howard is a director and dramaturg. A former Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, he is a director of Pearlfisher, Scotland’s touring new-writing and talent-development company. For Nick Hern Books he is the editor of Scotland Plays and Scottish Shorts, as well as Joyce McMillan's collected reviews, Theatre in Scotland: A Field of Dreams.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848420706
• ISBN 13: 9781848420700
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Howard Philip
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible