Description
In Slowly, decorum demands suicide. But, for some, the possibility of life is all too compelling. In a culture of conformity, it may not be up to the individual to decide. Hurts Given and Received with its provocative ideas, pungent poetic language, and savage wit build a thought-provoking allegory of the artist's relationship with society.
Two new plays by a leading British playwright.
About the Author
Howard Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist, whose first plays were performed at the Royal Court and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 1992 his work has been presented by his own company The Wrestling School. Barker's theatre is characterized by its poetic, non-naturalistic form and inhabits worlds of contradiction, suffering and sexual passion. Barker is also a poet and theorist of theatre, whose 'Theatre of Catastrophe' defines a new form of tragedy for our times.
Reviews
"Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist."-The Times "Howard Barker's new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse."-Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London
"Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist." The Times "Howard Barker's new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse." Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London
Book Information
ISBN 9781849430166
Author Howard Barker
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Modern Plays
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Two new plays by a leading British playwright.
About the Author
Howard Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist, whose first plays were performed at the Royal Court and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 1992 his work has been presented by his own company The Wrestling School. Barker's theatre is characterized by its poetic, non-naturalistic form and inhabits worlds of contradiction, suffering and sexual passion. Barker is also a poet and theorist of theatre, whose 'Theatre of Catastrophe' defines a new form of tragedy for our times.
Reviews
"Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist."-The Times "Howard Barker's new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse."-Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London
"Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist." The Times "Howard Barker's new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse." Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London
Book Information
ISBN 9781849430166
Author Howard Barker
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Oberon Modern Plays
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
