Eternal Love by Howard Brenton

Eternal Love by Howard Brenton

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Summary

A spellbinding retelling of the passionate and legendary love story of Abelard and Heloise.

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Eternal Love by Howard Brenton

A spellbinding retelling of a passionate and legendary love story. When Abelard begins a wild affair with his brilliant student Heloise, his enemies find the perfect pretext to destroy him. Abelard is already on thin ice with the church over his contentious views and when Heloise bears his child out of wedlock, their affair becomes the scandal of the age… Howard Brenton's play Eternal Love was first performed under the title In Extremis at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in August 2006. This new version of the play premiered in February 2014, co-produced by English Touring Theatre and the Globe Theatre.

'Romeo and Juliet with more brains.. Brenton peers into medieval mindsets with an unashamedly modern sensibility. Highly recommended'

* Daily Telegraph *

'A play for today in medieval costume'

* Independent *

'A passionate, bracing play of ideas that has topical urgency as well as historical fascination'

* Financial Times *

Howard Brenton is a prolific playwright whose plays have been staged at the Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre, RSC and Shakespeare's Globe among others. Other writing work includes collaborations with David Hare and thirteen episodes of the BBC1 drama series Spooks.

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ISBN 13 9781848423848
ISBN 10 1848423845
Title Eternal Love
Author Howard Brenton
Series Nhb Modern Plays
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Year published 2014-02-06
Number of pages 96
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.