Although his mainstream career has recently included majorwork for
the RSC and the National, the five new pieces collected here show
just how close playwright and director Neil Bartlett has stayed to
the radical queer cultural roots that first brought him to
prominence in the early 1980s. Commissioned to be performed in
spaces as various as South London’s notorious Vauxhall Tavern,
Brighton’s Theatre Royal and the pulpit of Westminster Abbey,
these hit-and-run dramatic monologues bring all of his trademark
wit and passion to bear on the issues that run throughout his work
– the power of love, and the necessity for anger. Together, they
make up a trenchantly personal take on what it feels like to have
spent nearly thirty years standing up and speaking one’s mind.
The collection also includes his 2011 adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s
The Remarkable Rocket, which uses the diamond-sharp text of one of
Wilde’s children’s stories as the springboard for a haunting
meditation on the enduring power of Wilde to inspire, dazzle and
move. A follow on from his earlier collection Solo Voices, this new
collection is vivid, fierce and tender, with five provocative and
highly actable new works from one of British theatre’s most
idiosyncratic voices. www.neil-bartlett.com
General
Imprint: |
Oberon Books Ltd
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Oberon Modern Plays |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
August 2012 |
Authors: |
Neil Bartlett
(Author)
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Dimensions: |
210 x 130 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
74 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84943-166-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84943-166-3 |
Barcode: |
9781849431668 |
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