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Paperback. Steeped in the atmosphere and folklore of Suffolk coastal towns, "Swankiller" portrays a man's search for identity and happiness in a fallen world. A genuinely epic play, it was performed with a cast of fifty at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, in 1986. Series: Oberon Modern Playwrights. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
An impoverished family are evicted from their country smallholding. They agree to go their separate ways for five years, then to meet again to reassess their fortunes. Swankiller, the thrusting eldest son, decides to try his luck in the big city. Homeless, jobless, penniless and eventually alone, he discovers the brutal undertow beneath the city's varied and beguiling surface. Steeped in the atmospere and folklore of Suffolk coastal towns, Swankiller describes a man's search for identity and happiness in a fallen world. A genuinely epic play, it was performed with a cast of fifty at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh in ... Read more
An impoverished family are evicted from their country smallholding. They agree to go their separate ways for five years, then to meet again to reassess their fortunes. Swankiller, the thrusting eldest son, decides to try his luck in the big city. Homeless, jobless, penniless and eventually alone, he discovers the brutal undertow beneath the city's varied and beguiling surface. Steeped in the atmospere and folklore of Suffolk coastal towns, Swankiller describes a man's search for identity and happiness in a fallen world. A genuinely epic play, it was performed with a cast of fifty at Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
86
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Oberon Modern Playwrights
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781840021004
SKU
V9781840021004
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Ref
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About David Drane
David Drane was a prolific writer and painter in Lowestoft for over thirty years. His plays include 'The Runners', 'Pale Performers', and 'Musicians Crossing the Bridge Without Their Instruments', for which he won the George Devine Award.
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