This first volume of Wesker's Collected Plays contains the Wesker
Trilogy - 'A trilogy which will act as a monument to its era' Daily
Mail This trilogy of plays was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre
in the 60s and concern Wesker's own background, growing up in a
Jewish family in the 30s in the East End of London. 'The action of
the trilogy takes place between the middle thirties and the late
fifties and has as its background three wars - the Spanish Civil,
the Second World, and the Cold. Its purpose is to show the ways in
which these huge disturbances impinge on a Jewish working-class
household, altering their habits of work and thought, and thus
determining the course of their lives. The theme is a vast one and
Mr Wesker is splendidly equipped to handle it. Like many Jewish
writers, he thinks internationally, yet feels domestically; and it
is this combination of attributes that enables him to bring
gigantic events and ordinary people into the same sharp focus'
(Kenneth Tynan, Observer) 'A trilogy which will act as a monument
to its era' (Daily Mail)"The passion of Mr Wesker's theme is
matched by the living fire in his writing ...its quality is
undiminished by the passing years" Bernard Levin"The theme is a
vast one and Mr Wesker is splendidly equipped to handle it. Like
many Jewish writers, he thinks internationally, yet feels
domestically; and it is this combination of attributes that enables
him to bring gigantic events and ordinary people into the same
sharp focus" Kenneth Tynan, Observer
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