Includes the plays The Samson Riddle and Essay; The Bespoke
Overcoat; The Hebrew Lesson; It Should Happen to a Dog; and The
Mighty Hunter. When The Bespoke Overcoat was first performed in
1953, Wolf Mankowitz was immediately hailed as one of Britain's
most exciting young playwrights. From the poverty of the East End
to the conflict in Northern Ireland to the society and politics of
biblical Palestine, his plays are famous for their poignant wit and
outstanding dialogue, depicting acts of humanity and brutality,
goodwill and violence, in a flawed but fascinating world. Spanning
the full twenty-five years of Mankowitz's career as a dramatist,
this volume provides a selection of his best work for the stage.
Alongside Mankowitz's longest and most challenging play The Samson
Riddle, it also includes the full text of his powerful accompanying
essay, as well as an introduction by his official biographer
Anthony Dunn. Mr Mankowitz has a perfect ear for the rhythm and
idiom of East End speech...hilarious and mournful by turn and
tinged throughout with poetry Kenneth Tynan on The Bespoke
Overcoat.
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