Black Beach - Three Catalan Plays (Paperback)

These Catalan plays can perhaps best be seen in contrast to the British tradition of 'state of the nation' and 'in yer face' playwrighting. The plays are somewhat enigmatic and even elliptical. They represent elements of a more 'European' less 'UK' playwrighting style with echoes of early Pinter, maybe David Mercer. There is just a hint of Mark Ravenhill/Sarah Kane but any potential violence is purely implied.The Sales Complete is an apparently non-political work concerned with three characters involved in the selling and buying of an apartment - solitary souls who are lost in the desert of the modern world, seeking an arm to cling on to so that they may be saved. It has a social context but this is subservient to the characters' stilted emotional interaction. A collision between the personal and the political; a past affair that might just rekindle and present corruption in 'the party'. Can he persuade her not to cause trouble for the party leadership or will she ignore the feelings she still has for him to bring the leadership down? "Black Beach" is more naturalistic but even here we are not really told exactly what the politics of 'the party' is.

General

Imprint:	Parthian Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Jordi Coca • Joan Casas • Lluisa Cunille
Translators:	Richard Thomson • Peter Bush • Laura McGloughlin
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	130
ISBN-13:	978-1-905762-81-1
Subtitles:	Catalan
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	1-905762-81-X
Barcode:	9781905762811

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