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The Ruling Class: Modern Plays

Autor Peter Barnes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 ian 2015
Etonians aren't exactly noted for their grey matter, but I've always found them perfectly adjusted to society. Jack, a possible paranoid schizophrenic with a Messiah complex, inherits the title of the 14th Earl of Gurney after his father passes away in a bizarre accident. Singularly unsuited to a life in the upper echelons of elite society, Jack finds himself at the centre of a ruthless power struggle as his scheming family strives to uphold their reputation. Bubbling with acerbic wit and feverish energy, Olivier Award-winning and Oscar-nominated-writer Peter Barnes's razor-sharp satire combines a ferocious mix of hilarity and horror whilst mercilessly exposing the foibles of the English nobility. This edition of the play is published to coincide with the first-ever revival of this classic cult comedy at the Trafalgar Studios, London, on 16 January 2015.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474248532
ISBN-10: 1474248535
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Seria Modern Plays

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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"Peter Barnes . . . brought a startling new tone of Jonsonian satire to the post-war British theatre . . . The Ruling Class, which mocked both the British aristocracy and the Church, became his greatest . . . success . . . His extravagantly black, satirical comedies . . . set him apart from his contemporaries." Daily Telegraph

Recenzii

Witty, angry, ugly and alive
Barnes's play has an intoxicating energy that allows characters to spring into song-and-dance at a moment's notice and still touches a few raw nerves.
It is a scorching and savage tragedy, yet its jokes are innumerable, and of a quality not to be found in any other play in London. Not only are they uproariously funny, but at the same time as they make you laugh your head off they throw wide open the windows of your mind, they enlarge your field of vision and they blow away the accumulated dust of ages.
Barnes's writing delivers pitch-black comedy that calls to mind the deranged magic of Monty Python