The Wye Plays by David Ian Rabey

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
Title	The Wye Plays
Author	David Ian Rabey
Series	Playtext
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Intellect Books
Year published	2004-01-01
Number of pages	128
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