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Description for Memory
Paperback. The Berlin wall has been pulled down. A man arrives at his grandmother's flat with questions about the past. Meanwhile, a generation later, in Bethlehem, the Israeli security barrier is going up. Played out by a company of actors, this play brings the past and present together in an exploration of destiny and the potency of memory itself. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
A play about division, destiny and the undimmed potency of memory itself, from the author of the award-winning The Pull of Negative Gravity.
East Berlin, 1990. The Wall has just been pulled down. A man arrives at the flat of his grandmother with awkward questions about the past. Meanwhile, a generation later, in Bethlehem the Israeli security barrier is going up...
Jonathan Lichtenstein's play Memory was first performed at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in 2006.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854599742
SKU
V9781854599742
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jonath Lichtenstein
Jonathan Lichtenstein's previous work includes Station, seen at the Soho Theatre, London, in 2000 and The Pull of Negative Gravity, which won an Edinburgh Fringe First in 2004 for outstanding new writing before transferring to New York. He heads up the Theatre Department at the University of Essex.
Reviews for Memory
'Lichtenstein explores the shattering of dreams and future happiness... wit, humour and resilience surface in these memories... beautiful'
Independent
'Powerfully explores one of the great cataclysms of the 20th century and the potentially explosive legacy it has bequeathed today... utterly absorbing and emotionally powerful'
Stage
Independent
'Powerfully explores one of the great cataclysms of the 20th century and the potentially explosive legacy it has bequeathed today... utterly absorbing and emotionally powerful'
Stage