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Description for The Crocodile
Paperback. A ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within.. a crocodile. Based on Dostoyevsky's short story. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 106.
‘I’m not angry with you, Zack, I’m angry in general. I’m an artist, that’s my job.’
Ivan is a struggling actor who hasn’t yet achieved the recognition he feels he deserves. But all that is about to change when, one afternoon at the zoo with his friend Zack, he is swallowed whole by a crocodile.
Based on Dostoyevsky’s short story, Tom Basden's The Crocodile is a ferociously funny, eye-poppingly theatrical play about art, animals and what happens when you try to take on the system from within… a crocodile.
It premiered as part of the 2015 Manchester ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848425040
SKU
V9781848425040
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About Tom Basden
Tom Basden's plays include The Crocodile, an adaptation of a short story by Dostoyevksy (Manchester International Festival, 2015); Holes (Edinburgh Festival Fringe/Arcola Theatre, London); There is a War (as part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre); Joseph K, an adaptation of Kafka's The Trial (Gate Theatre, London) and Party (Fringe First Winner; Edinburgh Festival ... Read more
Reviews for The Crocodile
'Basden's witty updating treats Dostoyevsky's original with a nicely assured mixture of respect and irreverence… this savagely silly satire is entirely infectious'
Telegraph
'Tom Basden turns Dostoevsky's allegory of capitalist inhumanity into a sharp satire on political celebrity in the Twitter age… by turns absurd, charming and subtly sinister'
The Times
'A snappy little satire'
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Telegraph
'Tom Basden turns Dostoevsky's allegory of capitalist inhumanity into a sharp satire on political celebrity in the Twitter age… by turns absurd, charming and subtly sinister'
The Times
'A snappy little satire'
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