Peter Oswald

Broschiertes Buch

A Reply to the Light

Beschreibung

Peter Oswald's verse plays have been performed at Shakespeare's Globe, where he was Writer in Residence, at the National Theatre, and around the world. The magazine City Limits said of the poetry in his plays: Beautiful poetry, fearlessly experimental, endlessly inventive and frequently inspired. This is the first volume of his shorter, lyric poems.

Autor

Peter Oswald is a poet, playwright and performer. He was Writer-in-Residence at Shakespeare's Globe from 1998 to 2009. His plays, in verse, have been performed there, at the National Theatre, in the West End, on Broadway and around the world, and have been translated into various languages. The production of his version of Schiller's Mary Stuart received the South Bank Award. He co-founded The Abyss Theatre Company in 2002, with whom he works as writer and actor. He performs long story-poems based on Icelandic sagas and folktales, at theatres and festivals; in 2015 he did so at the Folger Theatre in Washington DC, the Hay Festival and Wells Festival. He has published a joint book of poems, Dyad, with Sean Borodale, and joint pamphlets with wife Alice, with whom he often performs. He lives with her and their three children in Devon. He received a Society of Authors travelling scholarship in 2016.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Generation Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 157g
• ISBN-13: 9780755214426
• ISBN-10: 0755214420
• Artikelnr.: 35453050