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Earthquakes in London
Mike Bartlett
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Description for Earthquakes in London
Paperback. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone...You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again. Earthquakes in London includes burlesque strip shows, bad dreams, social breakdown, population explosion, worldwide paranoia. It ... Read more
It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone...You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again. Earthquakes in London includes burlesque strip shows, bad dreams, social breakdown, population explosion, worldwide paranoia. It ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Series
Modern Plays
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408132821
SKU
9781408132821
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Mike Bartlett
Mike Barlett's debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts (Bush Theatre), and is currently participating in the prestigious Pearson Playwrights Scheme. He won the Writer's Guild Tinniswood and ... Read more
Reviews for Earthquakes in London
'Mike Bartlett has created something completely different: a three hour play of startling ambition.' Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard, 05.08.10 'This demented carnival confirms Bartlett, 29, as one of our most exciting young playwrights.' Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard, 05.08.10 'The play does its job of reminding us just how precarious our exhistance is.' Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 05.08.10 'Bartlett beautifully combines ... Read more