Wright: Five Plays

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.The plays contained in this volume are:The Custom of the CountryAn early play, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1983, transposing John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama to 1890s Johannesburg.The Desert AirA wartime comedy set in Cairo in the 1940s, first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1985.Mrs KleinA play about the controversial psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, a haunting and poignant study of mother-daughter relationships, first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 1988. One Fine DayA comedy about the gulf that separates Britain and Africa, premiered at the Riverside Studios, London, in 1980.Treetops Set in Cape Town in 1952, Nicholas Wright's debut play is about the early resistance to policies of apartheid or racial segregation. It was first staged at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, in 1978, winning the George Devine Award for playwriting.

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Utgivningsdatum:2000-03-31
Mått:129 x 198 x 20 mm
Vikt:443 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NHB Modern Plays
Antal sidor:416
Förlag:Nick Hern Books
ISBN:9781854594730

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Nicholas Wright is a leading British playwright. His plays include: 8 Hotels (Minerva Theatre, Chichester, 2019); an adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's novel The Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead Theatre, 2017); an adaptation of Pat Barker's novel Regeneration (Royal & Derngate, Northampton, 2014); Travelling Light (National Theatre, 2012); The Last of the Duchess (Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Rattigan's Nijinsky (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2011); The Reporter (National Theatre, 2007); a version of Emile Zola's Therese Raquin (National Theatre, 2006); an adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (National Theatre, 2003-4); Vincent In Brixton (National Theatre, 2002; winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play); a version of Luigi Pirandello's Naked (Almeida Theatre, 1998); and Mrs Klein (National Theatre & West End, 1988).His writing about the theatre includes Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century, co-written with Richard Eyre.