Sarah Kane

Broschiertes Buch

4.48 Psychosis

Beschreibung

This work is the last play by Sarah Kane, the controversial contemporary British playwright, who died aged 28 in February 1999. A single voice, dragged through therapy and endless medication, reveals the true experience of clinical depression.

Autor

Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999, and is now recognised as one of the most influential voices in modern European theatre.

Produktdetails

• Modern Plays
• Verlag: Methuen
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 3571
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 43
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 75g
• ISBN-13: 9780413748300
• ISBN-10: 0413748308
• Artikelnr.: 20994743

Rezensionen

'Is it possible, asks the text, for a person to be born in the wrong body, at the wrong time? Yes, is the answer. But sometimes, from that agony, a great soul can wrestle something as beautiful and true as this remarkable play.' Scotsman (4 November 2008)