Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
Autor Caryl Churchillen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 1996
"Bristles with the intelligence and insight of a major writer." -Financial Times
"Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images." -Guardian
"An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity." -London Sunday Times
Mad Forest explores the reactions of ordinary people to confused events, focusing in particular on two families. What emerges is the dreadful damage done to people's lives by repression and the painful difficulties of lasting change.
Caryl Churchill's play about the Romanian revolution was written after she, the director and a group of students from London's Central School of Speech and Drama went to Romania to work with acting students there. The play was first performed in 1990, only three months after their return.
Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest and A Number. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
"Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images." -Guardian
"An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity." -London Sunday Times
Mad Forest explores the reactions of ordinary people to confused events, focusing in particular on two families. What emerges is the dreadful damage done to people's lives by repression and the painful difficulties of lasting change.
Caryl Churchill's play about the Romanian revolution was written after she, the director and a group of students from London's Central School of Speech and Drama went to Romania to work with acting students there. The play was first performed in 1990, only three months after their return.
Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest and A Number. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781559361149
ISBN-10: 155936114X
Pagini: 96
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Ediția:Tcg
Editura: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN-10: 155936114X
Pagini: 96
Dimensiuni: 130 x 198 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Ediția:Tcg
Editura: Theatre Communications Group
Recenzii
"Artful and spirited"-- The Washington Post
"Churchill's strengths are evident: her sharp, unpredictable eye, her inventiveness, her unsentimental sympathy." - London Times
"Bristles with the intelligence and insight of a major writer." - Financial Times
"Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images." - Guardian
"An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity." - London Sunday Times
Notă biografică
Caryl Churchill (1938-) is probably the most respected woman dramatist in the English-speaking world. She is the author of some twenty plays including Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number, seen and admired all over the world. CARYL CHURCHILL's plays include "Cloud Nine" (revived in 2007 to huge acclaim at the Almeida, London), "Top Girls", "Serious Money", "The Skriker", "Blue Heart", "Far Away" and "A Number". Most are published by NHB.
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"The greatest living English-language playwright and, in my opinion, the most important English-language playwright since Williams."-Tony Kushner