Mr Kolpert by David Gieselmann

Mr Kolpert by David Gieselmann

A delightfully morbid black comedy with a nod to Hitchcock's Rope. Ralf and Sarah are bored. They decide to invite a couple of friends round for drinks and pizza. To spice things up Ralf pretends there's a dead body in their trunk – the dead body of one of their work colleagues. While they are waiting for the pizza, they play party games and discuss films, but nothing can cover up the tense atmosphere between the two couples. And maybe Ralf is not pretending after all... David Gieselmann's play Mr Kolpert, in this English translation by David Tushingham, was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2000, in a production directed by Richard Wilson.

'Comedy doesn't come much blacker or better than this - brilliant'

* Guardian *

'Shocking and shockingly funnyGlitters with exceptionally clever comic writing'

* The Times *

Tushingham, David: - David Tushingham's translations of Roland Schimmelpfennig's plays have been performed in Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. His other translations include: Mr. Kolpert, Waiting Room Germany, Stranger's House, Jeff Koons, State of Emergency and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. He has worked as a dramaturg and curator for numerous high-profile European institutions and is currently Artistic Advisor to the Salzburg Festival.

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ISBN 13	9781854594907
ISBN 10	1854594907
Title	Mr Kolpert
Author	David Gieselmann
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2000-05-26
Number of pages	62
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