The Secret Rapture and Other Plays

Hare, David

ISBN 10: 0802135609 / ISBN 13: 9780802135605

Editore: Grove Press, 1998

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Codice articolo 00096066906

Riassunto:

This collection brings together five plays from the 1970s and 1980s by “Britain’s leading contemporary playwright” (The Times), including Fanshen, A Map of the World, Saigon: Year of the Cat, The Bay at Nice, and The Secret Rapture. Of the title play, Frank Rich of the New York Times said, “The Secret Rapture has gone further than before in marrying political thought to the compelling drama of lives that refuse to conform to any ideology’s utopian plan. . . . Mr. Hare embraces the human, messy though it may be.”

Product Description: David Hare has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and political, deeply serious and incredibly funny. This new collection contains five of his most important works and showcases the true range of his talent. The Secret Rapture, perhaps Hare's most acclaimed work, is centered around the relationship between two sisters and their father's dissolute girlfriend in the wake of the father's death. As the estate is settled and a variety of characters is introduced, Hare deftly mines the links between the public and private spheres of life, and simultaneously indicts a conservative government and the wild caprice of his characters. Also included in the collection are Fanshen, A Map. of the World, Saigon, and The Bay at Nice.

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Titolo: The Secret Rapture and Other Plays
Casa editrice: Grove Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good