The Wye Plays by David Ian Rabey
A first volume of plays by a startlingly ambitious and inventive dramatist.The Back of Beyond takes the route of a sequel to King Lear, in which the surviving Shakespearean characters set out on an odyssey through a perilous, blasted landscape.The Battle of the Crows extends and concludes the stories of three characters.
"Fierce, muscular texts in the spirit of Artaud and John Clare" - Iain Sinclair "This book is a welcome opportunity to see the plays in print. The plays are complemented by Rabey's enlightening essay "On being A Shakespearian dramatist" and a short but incisive "Afterword" by Mick Mangan. The plays were written to be performed live in a theatre and the scripts leave that in no doubt...But relishing the "Wye Plays" as written texts has considerable rewards." - Richard J. Hand, CYFRWNG MEDIA WALES JOURNAL (Vol. 2, 2005) Praise for THE BACK OF BEYOND: "This is large-scale epic drama that sets out to subvert the grand literary tradition as a group of sort-of Shakespearean characters roam around discovering imperialism in a cruel land ... I found myself intrigued by the ambition of the project, mesmerised by the richness of the language and impressed by the energy ... Aberystwyth company Lurking Truth has taken on a mammoth task with evangelical enthusiasm." - David Adams, THE WESTERN MAIL
David Ian Rabey is Professor of Drama and Subject Leader of Theatre Studies at The University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841501154 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841501158 |
| Titel | The Wye Plays |
| Autor | David Ian Rabey |
| Serie | Playtext |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Intellect Books |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-01-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 128 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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