David Harrower

Knives in Hens

Buch

The village has lied. William has lied. It is not because I am undeserving. Not because I am young and they are old. God has given them nothing. I know this now. Knives in Hens is a brutal fable set in a timeless spartan rural community. First staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in June 1995, before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London, in November 1995, the play was playwright David Harrower's first professionally produced work. It has been staged in twenty-five countries around the world and is widely acknowledged as a modern Scottish classic. A remarkable play about the transformative power of knowledge and an emerging consciousn… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Fisher, Mark (Solist)

ISBN: 978-1-4725-7431-2
EAN: 9781472574312
Produktnummer: 16445350
Verlag: Continuum 3Pl
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 64 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D0.7 cm 63 g
Auflage: Revised
Gewicht: 63

Über den Autor

David Harrower is a Scottish playwright, based in Glasgow. His first play, Knives in Hens, was premiered at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in 1995. Subsequent plays include Kill the Old Torture Their Young, Presence, Dark Earth, Blackbird, and 365. Harrower has also written adaptations including The Chrysalids, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Ivanov, and Woyzeck. Translations include The Girl on the Sofa, a translation of the Jon Fosse play as well as Schiller's Romantic tragedy Mary Stuart.