| Blue/Orange Critical Edition Contributor(s): Penhall, Joe (Author), Clements, Rachel (Editor), Megson, Chris (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1408140918 ISBN-13: 9781408140918 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 2013375948 |
| Series: Student Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orange premiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000 and transferred to the West End in 2001. Award-winning writer Joe Penhall first rose to prominence in 1994 with his Royal Court play Some Voices and he has been described by the Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' Blue/Orange is an accessible and vibrant play, which explores a number of important issues and which makes it a good choice to study. This includes themes of race and representation, sanity and insanity (and in particular the social structures, stigma and complexity surrounding schizophrenia), as well the political context of New Labour and spin, and questions of prejudice and difference. This Student Edition features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well as a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Megson, Chris: - CHRIS MEGSON is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK. His recent publications include The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays (2010); his book on The Seventies, for 'Methuen's Decades of Modern British Playwrighting' series, is forthcoming in 2012. He has published widely on British theatre culture since 1968 and documentary/Tribunal theatre.Clements, Rachel: - Rachel Clements is currently finishing her PhD in Contemporary Theatre for Royal Holloway. She is a member of the Platform eJournal Editorial Board and has published articles, reviews and papers on contemporary drama. She has also lectured at Rose Bruford and Royal Holloway. |