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Slowly/Hurts Given and Received
Howard Barker
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Description for Slowly/Hurts Given and Received
Paperback. Two new plays by a leading British playwright. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
In Slowly, decorum demands suicide. But, for some, the possibility of life is all too compelling. In a culture of conformity, it may not be up to the individual to decide. Hurts Given and Received with its provocative ideas, pungent poetic language, and savage wit build a thought-provoking allegory of the artist’s relationship with society.
In Slowly, decorum demands suicide. But, for some, the possibility of life is all too compelling. In a culture of conformity, it may not be up to the individual to decide. Hurts Given and Received with its provocative ideas, pungent poetic language, and savage wit build a thought-provoking allegory of the artist’s relationship with society.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849430166
SKU
V9781849430166
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About Howard Barker
Howard Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist, whose first plays were performed at the Royal Court and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Since 1992 his work has been presented by his own company The Wrestling School. Barker’s theatre is characterized by its poetic, non-naturalistic form and inhabits worlds of contradiction, suffering and sexual passion. Barker is also a poet and ... Read more
Reviews for Slowly/Hurts Given and Received
“Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist.”—The Times “Howard Barker’s new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse.”—Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London Barker, with witty, wicked glee, pricks the pomposity of the tortured artist.”The Times Howard Barker’s new play is an ambiguous interrogation of the artistic impulse.”Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out London ... Read more