Claire Dowie

The 'Year Of The Monkey' And Other Plays (eBook, PDF)

The Year of the Monkey , Designs for Living , Sodom

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The latest collection of plays from "the female counterpart to Quentin Crisp" (Evening Standard)

The Year of the Monkey, originally written for BBC Radio 3, comprises Bonfire Night, in which a daughter takes her sweet revenge; Arsehammers, where a grandson is sure that his grandfather's strange disappearances reveal supernatural powers; The Allotment, in which a quiet community of pensioners create a radical, anarchic commune by mistake; and The Year of the Monkey, where a mother yearns for some bad behaviour to puncture the boredom of her middle-class life.Designs for Living is a modern love story, challenging conventions of identity and sexuality.
Sodom reveals Old Testament morality alive and well in middle England.
"Claire Dowie is the supreme advocate of rebellion. She debunks conformity, non-conformity - or almost anything which can be defined" - The Stage
"She makes you laugh as she kicks you in the teeth" - Guardian

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408148501
• Artikelnr.: 40614213

Autorenporträt

Claire Dowie is a writer, performer, poet, comedian and pioneer of Stand-Up Theatre, often associated with the In-Yer-Face approach to theatre-making. After starting out on the alternative comedy circuit, she switched to stand-up comedy and writing plays. Her first major work, Adult Child/Dead Child, won a Time Out Award in 1988. Other works include Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?, Easy Access (For the Boys), All Over Lovely, Cat and Mouse, Death and Dancing and The Year of the Monkey.