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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (NHB Modern Plays)
Howard Brenton
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Description for #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (NHB Modern Plays)
Paperback. A timely play based on the true story of a Nobel Laureate. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 92.
A timely play based on the true story of a Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion. Howard Brenton's play is based on recent conversations with Ai in which he told the story of that imprisonment - by turns surreal, hilarious, and ... Read more
A timely play based on the true story of a Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion. Howard Brenton's play is based on recent conversations with Ai in which he told the story of that imprisonment - by turns surreal, hilarious, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848423312
SKU
V9781848423312
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Ref
99-5
About Howard Brenton
Howard Brenton is a prolific playwright whose plays have been staged at the Royal Court Theatre, National Theatre, RSC and Shakespeare's Globe among others. Other writing work includes collaborations with David Hare and thirteen episodes of the BBC1 drama series Spooks.
Reviews for #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei (NHB Modern Plays)
'moving, scary, gripping, inventive and at times laugh-out-loud-funny' - Telegraph 'excellent... like a mix of Kafka and Bennett' - Guardian 'tremendously powerful' - Financial Times