Slowly/Hurts Given and Received - Couverture souple

Barker, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849430160 ISBN 13 : 9781849430166

Editeur : Oberon Modern Plays, 2011

Synopsis

Two new plays by Howard Barker

Slowly

As barbarians approach the palace of a decaying culture, four princesses debate their fate. Decorum demands suicide. But, for some, the possibility of life is all too compelling. In a culture of conformity, it may not be up to the individual to decide...

Hurts Given and Received

Howard Barker re-examines the creative life of the artist through one of his most fascinating and appalling creations. Provocative ideas, pungent poetic language, and savage wit build a thought-provoking allegory of the artist’s relationship with society.

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À propos de l?auteur

Howard Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist, whose first plays were performed at the Royal Court and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 1992 his work has been presented by his own company The Wrestling School. Barker’s theatre is characterized by its poetic, non-naturalistic form and inhabits worlds of contradiction, suffering and sexual passion. Barker is also a poet and theorist of theatre, whose ‘Theatre of Catastrophe’ defines a new form of tragedy for our times.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oberon Modern Plays
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849430160
• ISBN 13: 9781849430166
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
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• Personne responsable: non disponible