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Terra firma

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TERRA FIRMA is set in a not-so-distant Beckettian future-years after a conflict known as the Big War, in which a tiny kingdom wrestles with the problems of running a nation-and opposing notions of what makes a citizen, a country, and a civilization. The play is inspired by a real-life event and its aftermath: In 1960s Britain, a retired WWII army major claimed an abandoned aircraft platform in international waters off the coast of Essex as his own sovereign nation, planted his flag, and coined a motto, E Mare Libertas! (From the Sea, Freedom!).

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Product Details
Oberon Modern Plays
1786829622 / 9781786829627
eBook (EPUB)
812.6
27/09/2019
United Kingdom
English
112 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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