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Eastern Promise - Seven Plays from Central and Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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Eastern Promise - Seven Plays from Central and Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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This collection of award-winning plays features works from the
cutting edge of Central and Eastern European theatre. With a
foreword by Gerald Lidstone, Eastern Promise brings together seven
women writers who have all experienced living at a time when their
countries were part of a larger political entity. For Gabriela
Preissova, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the others, the
soviet bloc. Some of the moral and political dilemmas their
characters face range from the killing of a child, to the betrayal
of a comrade, to reinventing oneself as a way of living in exile.
Includes the plays: Belgrade Trilogy, The Tender Mercies, Tulip
Doctor, The Chosen Ones, Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter), Nascendo, and,
The Umbilical Cord. The Plays Belgrade Trilogy by Biljana
Srbljanovic (Yugoslavia): Set in Sydney, Los Angeles and Prague on
New Year's Eve, the everyday life of young exiles from the Balkans,
winner of the Slobodan Selenic Prize. The Tender Mercies by
Sladjana Vujovic (Montenegro): Edinburgh Fringe First winner.
"...dazzling play upon the savagery of war." The Scotsman Tulip
Doctor by Vera Filo (Hungary): Set against the background of war,
life becomes a cartoon, where anything can happen and will. The
Chosen Ones by Elena Popova (Belorussia): Winner of the European
play competition, described as "poignant portrayal of
post-communist society". Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter) by Gabriela
Preissova (Czech): Portrays a secret birth and infanticide, the
play aroused controversy when first written in 1890. It was the
basis for Janacek's opera Jenufa and is translated into English now
for the first time. Nascendo by Alina Nelega (Romania): Set in a
Maternity ward on the eve of the revolution patients and staff
reflect the divided nature of Romanian society. The Umbilical Cord
by Krystyna Kofta (Poland): An intense family relationship, where
ritual has replaced real life, interrogates "... A generation
suffering moral defeat".
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