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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810328703321

Autore

Fosse Jon

Titolo

Plays six : Rambuku, over there, these eyes, girl in yellow raincoat, Christmas tree song, sea, freedom / / Jon Fosse ; translated by May-Brit Akerholt, Neil Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Oberon Books, , 2014

ISBN

1-78319-585-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (563 p.)

Collana

Oberon modern playwrights

Disciplina

822.9208

Soggetti

English drama - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Rambuku; Characters; Freedom; Characters; Over There; Characters; These Eyes; Characters; Girl in Yellow Raincoat; Characters; Christmas Tree Song; Sea; Characters

Sommario/riassunto

Jon Fosse has been called 'the Beckett of the 21st century' (Le Monde), and the Royal Court production of Nightsongs was dubbed 'Waiting for Godot without the gags'. Just as Beckett's plays - and those of all great playwrights - grew out of their time, and influenced the current styles of drama, and were part of what brought their times forward, so do Fosse's plays now. Fosse: Plays Six marks the culmination of this Norwegian playwright's body of work for the stage to be published in the English language. The volume includes the plays Rambuku, Freedom, Over There, These Eyes, Girl in Yellow