Blue/Orange - Acting Edition

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Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0822219352
ISBN 13
9780822219354
Category
Scripts
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
72
Description
In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be theson of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervinglyplausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian powerstruggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orangepremiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000 and transferredto the West End in 2001."JoePenhall creates as riveting and compelling a new chamber play as wehave seen since Michael Frayn's Copenhagen" - Daily Mail"Britain's best new play since Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. . .thrillingly original" - Financial Times"Funny and irreverent. . .Penhall's writing is vibrant throughout" - Independent on Sunday"Icame out of Joe Penhall's new play in a state of hot, black excitement:emotional, intellectual, moral excitement. How many plays can claimthat much?" - Sunday Times "Exuberant. . .Penhall has the giftof making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moralindignation without preaching. . .Stinging satire" - Guardian"Provocative, blackly funny. . .[and] taut with thought-provoking ambiguity" - Independent - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 392 | 1 | Yes |