| Complicite Plays: 1: The Street of Crocodiles, the Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol, Mnemonic Contributor(s): Complicite (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413773833 ISBN-13: 9780413773838 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 Annotation: "The Street of Crocodiles is inspired by the life and stories of Polish writer Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). It captures the vast landscapes of Schulz's extraordinary imagination and the startling absurdity and sensuality of his work."-Independent on Sunday The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol: "An unsentimental evocation of peasant life, a hymn to the tenacity of love, and a Brechtian fable about the world's unfairness."-Guardian Mnemonic: "Dwelling on memory and origins, it manages to be brilliantly original and unforgettable."-Independent Complicite was founded in London in 1983 and has created many award-winning productions from adaptations of short stories and reinterpretations of classic texts as well as their own devised pieces. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Series: Methuen Contemporary Dramatists |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.65 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE STREET OF CROCODILES is inspired by the life and stories of Polish writer Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). This astounding play creates a vision of provincial Poland in the early part of the century as a restless ocean of unending flux, the miracle of Complicite's interpretation of Schulz's stories - New York Times THE THREE LIVES OF LUCIE CABROL is adapted from John Berger's short story: The story becomes an unsentimental evocation of peasant life, a hymn to the tenacity of love and a Brechtian fable about the world's unfairness....You follow this Complicite version as intensely as you read a Grimms' fairytale Financial Times MNEMONIC: An ice-preserved body - from 5,200 years ago - forms the central image of Theatre de Complicite's dazzlingly imaginative meditation on memory and morality. Timely and unforgettable - Independent Theatre de Complicite ignore frontiers and cross them without official papers - John Berger |
Contributor Bio(s): Complicite: - Founded in 1983, Complicite is a constantly evolving ensemble of performers and collaborators, now led by Artistic Director Simon McBurney. Complicite's work has ranged from entirely devised work to theatrical adaptations and revivals of classic texts. The Company has also worked in other media; a radio production of Mnemonic for BBC Radio 3, collaborations with John Berger on a radio adaptation of his novel To The Wedding for BBC Radio and The Vertical Line, a multi-disciplinary installation performed in a disused tube station, commissioned by Artangel. Always changing and moving forward to incorporate new stimuli, the principles of the work have remained close to the original impulses: seeking what is most alive, integrating text, music, image and action to create surprising, disruptive theatre. |