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Playing the Victim
The Presnyakov Brothers
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Description for Playing the Victim
Paperback. Set in a city somewhere in central Russia, scenes between a disaffected 30-something and his bored and boring parents alternate with scenes showing the re-enactment of the police of various real-life crimes. In each case, the victim is played by a disaffected 30-something. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 109.
A darkly absurd play from the authors of Terrorism.
A young man drops out of university and goes to the police. He's done nothing wrong, he just wants a job. A particular job. Playing the victim in murder reconstructions. Maybe by getting close to death he can manage to cheat his own.
The Presnyakov Brothers' play Playing the Victim was first staged, in this English translation by Sasha Dugdale, at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2003, co-produced with the Royal Court Theatre and Told by an Idiot. The production was directed ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
108g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597595
SKU
V9781854597595
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Ref
99-15
About The Presnyakov Brothers
The Presnyakov Brothers - Oleg, born 1969, and Vladimir, born 1974 - are writers, playwrights, screenwriters, directors, producers and actors. Sasha Dugdale is a translator and poet. She has translated the work of many leading contemporary playwrights writing in Russian, including: Bad Roads (Royal Court Theatre, 2017) and The Grain Store (Royal Shakespeare Company, 2009) by Natal'ya Vorozhbit; Playing the Victim (Royal Court and ... Read more
Reviews for Playing the Victim
'Gripping black farce... the Presnyakov Brothers capture a disturbing sense of Russia and Russians beset by anarchy and alienation'
Evening Standard
'Deft and brilliant'
Guardian
'Bitter, funny, penetrating'
Observer
'Flashes of insanity and brutality detonating to surreal effect'
Daily Telegraph
Evening Standard
'Deft and brilliant'
Guardian
'Bitter, funny, penetrating'
Observer
'Flashes of insanity and brutality detonating to surreal effect'
Daily Telegraph