4.48 Psychosis Contributor(s): Kane, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413748308 ISBN-13: 9780413748300 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: "4.48 Psychosis" premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2000. "There's nothing else like it in the language."-"The Times" "As compact and beautiful as a diamond in structure-and yet the mood it inspires is as black as coal."-"Time Out" "The beauty and rawness-the combination of unprocessed honesty and meticulous craft-remains as striking as ever; Kane's power to take material beyond endurance and shape it, burnish it, laugh at it, dominate it with her art."-"Scotsman" "Kane wrote simply and starkly about the world she saw around her... a mature and vividly theatrical response to the pain of living."-"Guardian" |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 822 |
LCCN: 2001320352 |
Series: Methuen Modern Plays |
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 5.08" W x 7.86" (0.12 lbs) 48 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 4.48 Psychosis was written throughout the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane battled with one of her recurrent bouts of depression. On February 20, 1999, aged 28, the playwright committed suicide. On the page, the piece looks like a poem. No characters are named, and even their number is unspecified. It could be a journey through one person's mind, or an interview between a doctor and his patient. |