Balkan Plots - Plays from Central and Eastern Europe (Paperback)

This collection features four new plays about war, tyranny and discrimination by Eastern and Central European writers. Includes the plays The Body of a Woman as a battlefield in the Bosnian war by Matei Visniec, Cordon by Nebojsa Romcevic, When I want to whistle, I whistle... by Andreea Valean, Soap Opera by Gyoergy Spiro The title of this volume alludes to the history of political double-dealing in a troubled region within southern Europe, surrounded by the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Seas. G.B. Shaw wrote Arms and The Man about a small Balkan plot in the 19th century. It's in this tradition, rather than in a geographical sense that we use the title Balkan Plots. The plays in this volume are dramatic works which have emerged from, or which take as their subject matter, the struggle of individuals within societies affected by recent political upheaval. The writers explore aspects of freedom and rebellion, ethnicity and discrimination, loyalty and betrayal in situations where conventional attitudes and beliefs are severely tested. In some plays, the conflict is between traditional socialist attitudes and western capitalism. In others, the values and beliefs of the younger generation collide with and challenge those of the older generation. Within each of the plays, the way in which the personal and the political interacts, is very much in evidence.

General

Imprint:	Aurora Metro Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
First published:	April 2002
Foreword by:	Cheryl Robson
Introduction by:	Gina Landor
Authors:	Matei Visniec
Translators:	Alison Sinclair
Authors:	Nebojsa Romcevic
Translators:	Sladjana Vujovic
Authors:	Andreea Valean
Translators:	Cheryl Robinson • Claudiu Trandafir
Authors:	Gyorgo Spiro
Dimensions:	209 x 151 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	185
ISBN-13:	978-0-9536757-3-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-9536757-3-4
Barcode:	9780953675739

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