Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
This play consists of 32 short vignettes relating to the theme of madness and possession. Lena is a mother who hears voices commanding her to drown her baby. A new spirit guide is taunting voodoo practitioner Marcia whilst Yvonne is a desperate...
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This play consists of 32 short vignettes relating to the theme of madness and possession. Lena is a mother who hears voices commanding her to drown her baby. A new spirit guide is taunting voodoo practitioner Marcia whilst Yvonne is a desperate alcoholic. Meanwhile, businessman Paul falls inexplicably and suddenly in love with a pig. A female prison warder bemoans the appearance of a new prisoner who is killing all her female inmates using magic, while Doreen is suffering from grotesque delusions. Herculine Barbin, played by a women but dressed as a man, delivers a monologue at the start of Act Two, while Dionysos, played by a man in a white petticoat, performs a series of dances that punctuate the action.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Caryl Churchill's play 'Icecream', set in the late 1980s, is an unsettling look at British attitudes to America and vice-versa. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 6 April 1989.
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Caryl Churchill's play 'Icecream', set in the late 1980s, is an unsettling look at British attitudes to America and vice-versa. It was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 6 April 1989.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
;
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
'Lives of the Great Poisoners' is a multidisciplinary theatre piece with elements of text, dance and song on the theme of history's most infamous poisoners. The play has three parts, each featuring an infamous poisoner: Dr Crippen, who was hanged in...
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'Lives of the Great Poisoners' is a multidisciplinary theatre piece with elements of text, dance and song on the theme of history's most infamous poisoners. The play has three parts, each featuring an infamous poisoner: Dr Crippen, who was hanged in 1910 for the murder of his wife Cora; Medea, the mythical figure who killed her ex-husband Jason's new wife with poisoned robes; and Madame de Brinvilliers, the notorious 17th-century poisoner who learnt the tricks of the trade from her lover. The three stories are linked together by the figure of Midgley, an American inventor and industrial chemist.
