Darke Plays: 1 by Nick Darke
"Passionately satirical and sharply observant, he is one of the most interesting of our playwrights" (Sunday Telegraph) The Dead Monkey - "Darke has something both hilarious and horrific to say about the decay of a marriage and he compels the attention while doing so." (Sunday Telegraph)The King of Prussia - "A meaty play...seethes with life, wit and ideas. Darke give shape to a Cornish identity that feels vital and real and has nothing to do with clay pipes and clotted cream. Like Cornwall's coves, it has many unexpected depths...It also raises questions about the points where justice, conscience and the law part company" (Financial Times)The Body - "The best moments in Nick Darke's play are extremely good - and not all good in the same way...the most obvious debt is to Brecht. There are other reminiscences of Auden and Isherwood's The Dog Beneath the Skin, of Tom Stoppard's After Magritte and of T.S Eliot's verse plays."Tin Tang Mine - "A lament for an industry and a way of life; but this should not suggest anything sentimental. The writing is rugged and muscular; lyrical but not ornate; vigorous but not folksy...oddball, quirkily parochial and as authentic as a slice of rough bread. " (The Times)
Nick Darke was born and raised in St Eval, Cornwall, the son of a farmer. He trained as an actor and worked at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke, throughout the 1970s. His first play, Never Say Rabbit in a Boat, about a group of Cornish farmers who invest in a fishing net, was performed at the Victoria Theatre in 1978, directed by Peter Cheeseman. He went on to write 27 plays in 28 years, all of which were produced by, amongst others, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Royal Court, BBC radio and television. His work is translated and performed regularly throughout the world. He lived in the parish of his birth where he worked as a lobster fisherman and beachcomber. He won the George Devine award in 1979 and was a Bard of the Gorseth Kernow. Nick died in 2005, aged 56.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780413737205 |
| ISBN 10 | 0413737209 |
| Title | Darke Plays: 1 |
| Author | Nick Darke |
| Series | Contemporary Dramatists |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1999-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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