Lingua Franca by Peter Nichols

Lingua Franca by Peter Nichols

M3 F4. A classroom. Mid 1950s. Based around a leading character in Peter Nichols' acclaimed work, "Privates on Parade", and inspired by his own experiences, "Lingua Franca" is a fast-paced, sexually-charged story that plays with notions of xenophobia and cultural stereotypes to comic effect. It's the mid-1950s and 'innocent abroad' Steven Flowers has travelled to Florence to teach English in a chaotic language school, Lingua Franca. He is soon adopted by fellow Brit, Peggy, but is more interested in Heidi, a newcomer from Munich. Heidi's deep-seated prejudice against the Jews causes tension with the anti-fascist Italian manager, Gennaro, and Russian Jew Irena. Atheist and pacifist Jestin worships only the art that surrounds him, while Australian Madge struggles when her students start to speak better French than she does. As Steven tries to make sense of his own life and a Europe at peace after so many years of war, Peggy's unrequited obsession leads to highly dramatic consequences. "...richly enjoyable new play ...Nichols is back on top form with a play that offers a Florentine room with multiple points of view." (Michael Billington, "Guardian").

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Peter Nichols is the author of the national bestseller A Voyage for Madmen and two other books, Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat, a memoir, and the novel Voyage to the North Star. He has taught creative writing at NYU in Paris and Georgetown University, and presently teaches at Bowdoin College. He is lives in Maine with his wife and son.

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ISBN 13	9780573112287
ISBN 10	0573112282
Title	Lingua Franca
Author	Peter Nichols
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2010-11-26
Number of pages	80
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