| The Eleventh Capital Contributor(s): Wood, Alexandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1854599887 ISBN-13: 9781854599889 Publisher: Nick Hern Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power. Winner of the George Devine Award From rural backwater to shiny new capital city in one easy move. Perfectly formed. Politically constructed. When your leader plays pin the tail on the donkey with the nation's map, the bureaucrats are bound to be moved and everyone will follow. You can't stop the march of progress, no one can. 'an astonishing talent' Guardian 'There are few things in theatre to beat the first glimpse of an exciting new talent, and watching her astonishingly assured first play, I have no doubt that Alexandra Wood is the real thing' Charles Spencer, Telegraph 'a rare thing... a distinctive talent among the identikit hordes of young playwrights' Evening Standard First Staged: Royal Court Theatre, 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.92 |
| LCCN: 2007407282 |
| Series: Nick Hern Books |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.17" W x 8.05" (0.17 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An arresting 60-minute debut play about dislocation, manipulation and power. Winner of the George Devine Award From rural backwater to shiny new capital city in one easy move. Perfectly formed. Politically constructed. When your leader plays pin the tail on the donkey with the nation's map, the bureaucrats are bound to be moved and everyone will follow. You can't stop the march of progress, no one can. 'an astonishing talent' Guardian 'There are few things in theatre to beat the first glimpse of an exciting new talent, and watching her astonishingly assured first play, I have no doubt that Alexandra Wood is the real thing' Charles Spencer, Telegraph 'a rare thing... a distinctive talent among the identikit hordes of young playwrights' Evening Standard
First Staged: Royal Court Theatre, 2007 |