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Best of the Fest : A Collection of New Plays Celebrating 10 years of London New Play Festival

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Celebrating 10 years of the London New Play Festival, featuring six plays:Wild Turkey by Joe Penhall: Two small businessmen struggle to keep their flagging burger bar afloat, in the face of increasingly savage and bizarre forces. Everlasting Rose by Judy Upton: Terrified of ageing, a caravan Casanova changes wives every decade, until a woman of the 90's challenges his routine. Strindberg Knew My Father by Mark Jenkins: Life becomes farce as Strindberg loses control over his characters while writing 'Miss Julie'. In the Fields of Aceldama by Naomi Wallace: When their only child dies in an accident, Mattie and Henry draw on her spirited past to find the strength to go on. Two Horsemen by Biyi Bandele: Baja and Langbaja trade stories about life, sex and god in a run-down shack.

Will their stories sustain them, or trap them forever?Maison Splendide by Laura Bridgetman: House-sitting for gangsters, Honey and Moon enact a 'let's pretend' lesbian white wedding, parodying suburban customs.

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Product Details
AURORA METRO BOOKS
0951587781 / 9780951587782
Paperback / softback
06/06/1998
United Kingdom
English
300 p. : ill.
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