Description
An epic look at faith, politics and leadership from the stellar playwright Mike Bartlett.
About the Author
Hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times', Mike is currently Pearson Playwright in Residence at The Royal Court Theatre. He won the Writer's Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for Not Talking, the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts and an Olivier Award for Cock. His other plays include My Child, Contractions (both Royal Court), Earthquakes in London (Headlong/National Theatre and Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough).
Reviews
There is a huge amount to admire in Bartlett's writing... [His] ambition is distinctive and immense. -- Henry Hitchings * Evening Standard *
Having tackled climate change in Earthquakes in London, [Mike Bartlett] now comes up with another big phantasmagoric fable, one that acquires urgency and force by asking if there is any alternative to freemarket capitalism and unbridled military adventurism... Bartlett has pinned down, in a way few dramatists recently have, the unease that is currently in the air: the sensation that we are sleep-walking into some kind of disaster that may stem from economic collapse, environmental upheaval or the logical extension of the war on terror. Bartlett has his finger on the pulse... [He] has written a powerful, disturbing play about the values by which we live and one that passionately argues for some kind of spiritual revolution. -- Michael Billington * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408171912
Author Mike Bartlett
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 121g