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A genius with language, but convinced of his own ugliness, Cyrano
secretly loves the radiant Roxane. While Roxane is in love with the
beautiful but inarticulate Christian. Cyrano's generous offer to
act as go-between sets in motion a poignant and often hilarious
love-triangle, in which each character is torn between the lure of
physical attraction and the seductive power of words. Martin
Crimp's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac premiered
at the Playhouse Theatre, London, in November 2019.
Sex, work, pregnancy, parents, weird neighbours, cleaning the
fridge and dancing: Play House tells - in thirteen fleeting scenes
- the story of a young couple's attempts to set up home. In
Definitely the Bahamas, Frank and Milly relish the visits of
Michael, their charming and successful only child. But what exactly
is his relationship to the young student living in their house?
Martin Crimp's Definitely the Bahamas was first staged at the
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 1987. It was revived there with
Play House, a new play, in March 2012.
Fewer Emergencies 'Things are definitely looking up--brighter
light--more frequent boating--more confident smile--things are
improving day by day--who ever would've guessed?' Fewer Emergencies
premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2005.
Attempts on her Life 17 scenarios for the theatre by Martin Crimp
Attempts to describe her? Attempts to destroy her? Or attempts to
destroy herself? Is Anne the object of violence? Or its terrifying
practitioner? Martin Crimps 17 scenarios for the theatre, shocking
and hilarious by turn, are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century
obsessions. From pornography and ethnic violence, to terrorism and
unprotected sex, its strange array of nameless characters attempt
to invent the perfect story to encapsulate our time. Since its
premiere 10 years ago, Attempts on her Life has been translated
into more than 20 languages. This is its first major UK revival.
Attempts on her Life 17 scenarios for the theatre by Martin Crimp
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Pains of Youth (Paperback, Main)
Martin Crimp; Originally written by Ferdinand Bruckner
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You could do insane twenty hours shifts in theatre. You could be
mother of ten children. You could be toughest whore on the block.
You contain all possibilities. You are the ultimate cliche of
youth's incredible potential. Promiscuous, pitiless and bored, six
sexually entangled medical students restlessly wander in and out of
a boarding house, cramming, drinking, taunting, spying. Freder sets
about savagely experimenting with the young, pretty maid, with half
an eye on his former lover Desiree, a wild, disillusioned
aristocrat. Petrell abandons Marie for the ruthless underdog Irene.
Marie doesn't waste any time weeping - Desiree wants her. Bourgeois
existence or suicide. There are no other choices. Vienna, 1923. A
discontented post-war generation diagnose youth to be their
sickness and do their best to destroy it. A shocking, erotically
charged play by Austrian writer Ferdinand Bruckner, presented in a
compelling new version by Martin Crimp.
Far away a battle rages and an entire city is turned to dust.
Amelia can't sleep. She waits for news of her husband. He's a great
general and this seems to be a decisive victory. But when the
motives for the war start to look disturbingly personal, his wife
becomes desperate to hold on to his love. Martin Crimp's new play
takes Sophocles' ancient story of marriage and violence - 'The
Trachiniae' - and propels it into a modern world of political
hypocrisy and emotional terrorism. Cruel and Tender was produced by
Wiener Festwochen, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Young Vic,
where it opened in London before premiering at the 2004 Vienna
Festival.
A reworking of Moliere's comic play. Alceste abhors hypocrisy and
the well-rehearsed, sycophantic pleasantries of the chattering
classes. He tells the truth, even it hurts. Alceste is in love with
Jennifer (Celimene), but thinks she's in love with a theatre critic
who thinks he can write plays.
Martin Crimp, among the most successful British playwrights and
translators of his generation, demonstrates a powerful modern
sensibility and control of language that The Sunday Times calls
"harsh, elegant and sardonic ... as if Evelyn Waugh and Bret Easton
Ellis had collaborated on a horrifying morality play". These
qualities are apparent in this volume, which includes Dealing with
Clair, in which a routine real-estate deal results in a mysterious
assault on the agent, and The Treatment, which focuses on the
fantasies -- sexual and otherwise -- among the young and not so
young in New York's Tribeca.
This second collection of Martin Crimp's work includes the plays
Attempts on Her Life, The Misanthrope, No One Sees the Video and
The Country. 'Crimp writes with extraordinary precision . . . The
outside world is described with almost hallucinatory clarity . . .
He has discovered a dramatic form that perfectly reflects the
violent, disorienting times in which we live.' Daily Telegraph
Martin Crimp's Writing for Nothing collects texts written over the
last thirty years. Included here are short plays, unmistakably the
work of the internationally acclaimed author of Attempts on Her
Life; texts for opera, beginning with the modern masterpiece
Written on Skin, created with composer George Benjamin; and two
stories that provide a new perspective on Crimp, revealing a writer
capable of bringing all of his brilliance to prose. Unsettling,
elegant and incisive, Writing for Nothing is a vibrant and varied
anthology, celebrating a writer with a rare talent for illuminating
the power structures behind our everyday world.
Cruel and Tender 'A mordantly knowing modernisation of Sophocles's
Trachiniae... The approach here manages to be at once lethally
level and capable of surges of anguished feeling... Highly
recommended.' Independent Fewer Emergencies 'A triptych of vicious
modern fairy tales that brings the nightmare right back and stabs
you through the soul.' Guardian The City 'Although this is the most
disquieting play in London, there is a curious exhilaration about
both the performance and Crimp's confrontation with our perpetual
unease.' Guardian Definitely the Bahamas 'A summation of a life
lived vicariously, at the margins of other lives, between
suffocating suburban walls; and the play is as unflinching as it is
unnerving.' The Times Play House 'Play House concerns the
volatility and vulnerability of love, as a young couple, Simon and
Katrina set up home... Unusually for Crimp, the play both begins
and ends with moving declarations of love. Suddenly this usually
chilly dramatist seems unexpectedly blessed with a warm heart.'
Daily Telegraph In the Republic of Happiness 'Crimp goes so far as
to call it "an entertainment in three parts," and it rocks along
like a dystopian vaudeville... The actors are imprisoned and
liberated at once, their strange between-worlds condition a source
of joy, intemperateness and above all a care for our diversion...
My favourite play of the year.' What's on Stage
'It is a stress, yes, to deal, undeniably, to deal with people,
yes, but That That That is what I enjoy. That is what I’m good
at, okay?' Clair works in real estate. Mike and Liz are selling.
James wants to buy. He’ll only deal with Clair. Martin Crimp's
play Dealing with Clair premiered in 1988 at the Orange Tree
Theatre, Richmond. This edition was published alongside a new
production of the play at the Orange Tree, in October 2018, in a
co-production with English Touring Theatre.
Go on then: lock the doors and see what happens. Show me how much
power you really have. When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each
Other breaks through the surface of contemporary debate to explore
the messy, often violent nature of desire and the fluid,
complicated roles that men and women play. Using Samuel
Richardson's novel Pamela as a provocation, six characters act out
a dangerous game of sexual domination and resistance. When We Have
Sufficiently Tortured Each Other premiered at the National Theatre,
London, in January 2019.
This volume presents two plays written for Deutsches Schauspielhaus
Hamburg and not yet staged in English. The Rest Will Be Familiar to
You from Cinema rewrites Euripides' Phoenician Women. As Thebes
braces itself for civil war, a group of terrifying young women
wrest control of the action from the power-players of Greek myth.
'A brilliant new interpretation of Euripides' ancient drama.'
Suddeutsche Zeitung 'Innovative and gripping theatre.' Hamburger
Abendblatt The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema was voted
Best Foreign Play 2013 by Theatre heute magazine. In Men Asleep,
the late-night arrival of a younger couple at Julia and Paul's
tasteful townhouse apartment exposes the fault line between
generations and probes our assumptions about gender and power. 'A
mysterious and disquieting "nocturne" about human relationships.'
Die Welt 'Martin Crimp is less interested in deconstructing the
bourgeoisie than in investigating the altered relations between men
and women . . . The ending of his intelligent and entertaining play
is ambiguous and potentially terrifying.' Der Freitag
'Young girl lives on shore of lake since childhood - like you.
Loves the lake - like the seagull. Is happy and free - like the
seagull. Then one day a man turns up, sees her, and mindlessly
destroys her.' Martin Crimp's pared down version of Chekhov's first
great play reveals the full force of its comedy and cruelty -
whether it's love, sex, incredible fame, or simply a trip into
town, each character is denied the thing they most crave. The
Seagull, in a new version by Martin Crimp, premieres at the
National Theatre, London, in June 2006.
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