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Plays: Three: Bingo; The Fool; The Woman; Stone

Door Edward Bond

Categorie
Engels
Boeknummer
#402602-UD26
Titel
Plays: Three: Bingo; The Fool; The Woman; Stone
Auteur
Bond, Edward
Boektype
Pocket
Uitgeverij
London : Methuen Drama
Jaar van uitgave
1993
ISBN10
0413338908
ISBN13
9780413338907
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Pocket book, 8vo.
Samenvatting
'The Woman', premiered in 1978 at London's National Theatre, is set at the end of the Trojan War, recasting Hecuba (the wife of King Priam of Troy) as the main character, and reshaping the epic narrative into what Bond calls a 'socialist rhapsody'. Bond's play deviates from the orthodox narrative of the siege, emphasising instead its significance as a dissertation on morality and historical truth, and a celebration of individuals who can change society. It begins with Priam's death, showing the savage struggle over a statue of a goddess, a relic which Troy has stolen from Greece. Later, the half-blind Hecuba and half-mad Ismene are living on a remote island, where they meet an escaped miner searching for sanctuary, and the Greeks arrive still searching for their statue. 'The Woman' refuses... (Lees verder) resolution, offering instead a complex definition of social conflict.
Pagina's
339
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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