An Intervention - Brossura

Bartlett, Mike

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1848423837 ISBN 13: 9781848423831

Casa editrice: Nick Hern Books, 2014

Riassunto

A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.

One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future.

An Intervention premiered at the Watford Palace Theatre in April 2014, in a co-production with Paines Plough.

"Engaged, entertaining and forthright... not only politically engaged but also fiercely uncompromising in its mission to entertain." - Exeunt Magazine

"Incisive, intimate, closely focused? has Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away." - Financial Times

"Superb? intensely dramatic." - WhatsOnStage

"Nimble and elegant? [a] smart two-hander." - The Stage

Mike Bartlett is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been seen at theatres including the National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre and Sheffield Theatres in the UK, and off-Broadway in New York.

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Recensione:

Incisive, intimate and closely focussed... Beckett and Coward (as in Private Lives) hover around this tragicomic double act... Showcasing Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away, it asks what we really want from friendship and succeeds in catching the nebulous, shifting nature of love. --Financial Times

A mischievous, deceptive look at friendship in its many forms... A funny, sad play about the need to look after each other. It's a work that reminds you to call that neglected friend. But the personal is political here, too; A and B are people, but their relationship could represent the bonds between countries. With so many conflicts in the headlines, this punchy play provocatively questions our responsibilities as friends and citizens who sometimes let each other down. --Guardian

A smart two-hander... A nimble and elegant drama... Engrossing and entertaining... Puts Bartlett at the forefront of a theatre that is both contemporary and unafraid of challenging the hegemony of bog-standard naturalism. --The Stage

L'autore:

Mike Bartlett is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been seen at theatres including the National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre and Sheffield Theatres in the UK, and off-Broadway in New York.

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• Editore: Nick Hern Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1848423837
• ISBN 13: 9781848423831
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 69