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Blasted - 60 Years of Modern Plays (Hardcover)
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Blasted - 60 Years of Modern Plays (Hardcover)
Series: Modern Plays
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Loot Price R477
Discovery Miles 4 770
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I know you want to punish me, trying to make me live. In 1995 Sarah
Kane's first full-length play Blasted sent shockwaves throughout
the theatrical world. Making front-page headlines, the play
outraged critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence
in civil war. However, from being roundly condemned by the critics
the play is now considered a seminal work of European theatre and
has defined an entire era of stage writing. In an expensive hotel
room in Leeds, Ian, a middle-aged tabloid journalist, sits with his
teenage lover Cate who he attempts to seduce and eventually rapes.
As reality dissipates, the room becomes embroiled in civil war as a
soldier invades the space and the play descends into apocalyptic
scenes of brutality. Blasted's canonical status reflects the raw
beauty and terror of Kane's writing. Probing the brutality people
inflict upon one another, the suffering and violation, the play
also looks at the role of love and the redemption it offers.
Unafraid to delve into darkness, this is a provocative, fragmenting
piece full of significance and power. Blasted premiered at the
Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in January 1995. Methuen Drama's
iconic Modern Plays series began in 1959 with the publication of
Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey and has grown over six decades
to now include more than 1000 plays by some of the best writers
from around the world. This new special edition hardback of Blasted
was published to celebrate 60 years of Methuen Drama's Modern Plays
in 2019, chosen by a public vote and features a brand new foreword
by Mel Kenyon.
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