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Description for Silence
Paperback. Using unusual narrative techniques to examine personal and political stories, Silence weaves together multiple storylines to raise questions of absence and loss; silence and noise; past and present; home and abroad, as the narrative switches between the 1990s and the present, and between Britain and Russia. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
Left alone in an unfamiliar land, Kate struggles to silence the noises inside her head and begins to question her own sanity. In London, Michael listens carefully to a conversation recorded twenty years ago. Can he hear a third silent person on the tape? In a small Russian town, Irina searches desperately for her missing friend, piecing together fragments from his life. From urban noise to rural emptiness, through rationalism to spirituality, from Russia to the UK, Silence is the latest collaboration between the celebrated theatre company Filter and RSC Associate Director David Farr. Silence premiered at Hampstead Theatre, ... Read more
Left alone in an unfamiliar land, Kate struggles to silence the noises inside her head and begins to question her own sanity. In London, Michael listens carefully to a conversation recorded twenty years ago. Can he hear a third silent person on the tape? In a small Russian town, Irina searches desperately for her missing friend, piecing together fragments from his life. From urban noise to rural emptiness, through rationalism to spirituality, from Russia to the UK, Silence is the latest collaboration between the celebrated theatre company Filter and RSC Associate Director David Farr. Silence premiered at Hampstead Theatre, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408156568
SKU
V9781408156568
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About Filter Theatre
Founded in 2001 by actors Oliver Dimsdale and Ferdy Roberts and musician Tim Phillips, Filter is a company that brings together actors, musicians, technicians, designers, writers and directors to create new works of original theatre as well as thrilling incarnations of existing texts, resulting in a platform for some of the most exciting theatre work around. Filter's highly acclaimed productions ... Read more
Reviews for Silence
Filter's sheer boldness of invention and its groundbreaking use of sound, makes it a company to watch
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