Artefacts by Mike Bartlett

Artefacts by Mike Bartlett

Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. Turns out he's from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a vase. She wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It's not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly, it's the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey. Mike Bartlett has been described as 'One of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. (The Stage). His first play My Child was called 'Brutal, thrilling, unmissable' (Evening Standard) and 'the theatrical equivalent of a firecracker'. (Metro).

'Mike Bartlett, still only in his mid-twenties, is a dramatist of rare economy and dramatic power' Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 27.02.08 'I was left full of admiration for this dramatist's combination of power and precision ... this is dramatic writing of a very high order indeed.' Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 27.02.08 Written with great economy, humour and theatrical verve, Mike Bartlett's fascinating new play explores the differences in family life between London and Baghdad' Aleks Sierz, The Stage, 26.02.08 'I cannot recall when I last saw so much, on both narrative and thematic levels, crammed into a one-act 80-minute play without the whole thing bursting messily under the strain.' Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times, 27.02.08 'This is a play teachers, Education Ministers and advertising agency executives should see, to grasp what an immature country they are creating' Quentin Letts, Daily Mail, 26.02.08

Mike Bartlett exploded onto the scene in 2007 with the premiere of My Child at the Royal Court. Since then he has gone on to become one of his generation's most inventive and successful dramatists with plays such as Artefacts (2008), Cock (2009), Earthquakes in London (2010) and 13 (2011). 2012 saw the London premieres of Love, Love, Love, Medea and Chariots of Fire, which transferred from the Hampstead Theatre to the West End. His play Bull opened at the Sheffield Crucible in 2013 and transferred to New York as part of the Brits Off Broadway festival. Another new play, An Intervention, also opens in April 2014. Mike joined NHB's list of leading playwrights from Methuen last year. He lives in East London.

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ISBN 13	9781408106778
ISBN 10	1408106779
Title	Artefacts
Author	Mike Bartlett
Series	Modern Plays
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Methuen Drama
Year published	2008-02-20
Number of pages	80
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