Peter Gill Plays 1 by Peter Gill
This first collection of Peter Gill's plays spans his work from 1965 to 1987. The plays are studies of love and time, loss and the fear of loss. The collection includes the plays The Sleepers Den, Over Gardens Out, Small Change, Kick for Touch, In The Blue and Mean Tears, and is introduced by John Burgess.
"Over Gardens Out: 'Utterly compulsive'Sunday Telegraph Small Change: 'This is a beautiful product of uncompromising puritan imagination'. The Times Kick for Touch: 'An explosive concentration and a lyrical integrity rare, not to say unique, among living British playwrights'. Plays and Players Mean Tears: 'An achingly powerful study of lust and loneliness among men and women, this is a romantic drama which intelligently and movingly captures a world of lost friendship and sexual treachery'. Punch
Peter Gill was born in 1939 in Cardiff and started his professional career as an actor. A director as well as a writer, he has directed over a hundred productions in the UK, Europe and North America. At the Royal Court Theatre in the sixties, he was responsible for introducing D. H. Lawrence's plays to the theatre. The founding director of Riverside Studios and the National Theatre Studio, Peter Gill lives in London. His plays include The Sleepers Den (Royal Court, London, 1965), A Provincial Life (Royal Court, 1966), Over Gardens Out (Royal Court, 1968), Small Change (Royal Court, 1976), Kick for Touch (National Theatre, London, 1983), Cardiff East (National Theatre, 1997), Certain Young Men (Almeida Theatre, London, 1999), The York Realist (English Touring Theatre, 2001), Original Sin (Sheffield Crucible, 2002), Another Door Closed (Theatre Royal, Bath, 2009), A Provincial Life (National Theatre of Wales, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, 2011), Versailles (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2014) and As Good a Time as Any (Print Room at the Coronet, 2015).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571212385 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571212387 |
| Title | Peter Gill Plays 1 |
| Author | Peter Gill |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2002-01-14 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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