| Closer Contributor(s): Marber, Patrick (Author), Rosenthal, Daniel (Introduction by), Rosenthal, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0713683295 ISBN-13: 9780713683295 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: "Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: It is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Oleanna, Albee's Virginia Woolf, Pinter's Old Times, and Hare's Skylight."-The Sunday Times This student edition comes complete with a full introduction, plot synopsis, commentary, discussion of the film version, bibliography, and questions for study. It is the perfect edition for anyone studying the play at school or college. Patrick Marber also co-wrote the screenplay for Asylum (2005), directed by David Mackenzie, and was sole screenwriter for the film Notes on a Scandal (2006), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Oleanna, Albee's Virginia Woolf, Pinter's Old Times and Hare's Skylight.' The Sunday Times Patrick Marber's searing follow-up to Dealer's Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation. Independent on Sunday This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction, plot synopsis, commentary, discussion of the film version, bibliography and questions for study. It is the perfect edition for anyone studying the play at school or college. |
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. |