Mark Ravenhill Plays: 2: Mother Clap's Molly House; The Cut; Citizenship; Pool (No Water); Product Contributor(s): Ravenhill, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1408106795 ISBN-13: 9781408106792 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama |
Dewey: 822.914 |
Series: Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mark Ravenhill has established himself as one of the most important playwrights to emerge from the 1990s. Provocative, dark, witty and satirical, his plays consistently probe the debased culture of our times. This second volume of plays brings together five plays from 2001-07. It includes Mother Clap's Molly House, a black comedy and celebration of human sexuality that premiered at the National Theatre in 2001; Citizenship, a bitter-sweet comedy about growing up that was developed by the National Theatre's Shell Connections programme in 2005; The Cut, a disturbing political fable that opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2006; Product, Ravenhill's one man satire on the media industry that since its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2005, has been produced around the world, and Pool (no water), a shocking examination of the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and resentment inspired by success. The volume features an introduction by the author and a chronology of his work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ravenhill, Mark: - Mark Ravenhill is one of the most distinctive contemporary UK playwrights. He burst on to the theatre scene in 1996 with the huge hit Shopping and Fucking. He has continued to garner critical acclaim for plays that include Some Explicit Polaroids, Mother Clap's Molly House, and more recently Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (National Theatre, Royal Court, Paines Plough, The Gate Theatre, April 2008). |