02349nam 2200469 450 991049320740332120210209163030.01-78319-586-X(CKB)3710000000348403(EBL)1928463(OCoLC)902664961(MiAaPQ)EBC5282782(MiAaPQ)EBC1928463(Au-PeEL)EBL1928463(EXLCZ)99371000000034840320180926d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPlays eight the bite of the night, Brutopia, the forty, wonder and worship in the dying ward /Howard BarkerLondon :Oberon Books,2014.1 online resource (562 p.)Oberon modern playwrightsDescription based upon print version of record.1-78319-087-6 ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""The Bite of The Night""; ""Characters""; ""First Prologue""; ""Second Prologue""; ""Act One""; ""Interlude""; ""Act Two""; ""Interlude""; ""Act Three""; ""Brutopia Secret Life in Old Chelsea""; ""Characters""; ""The Sickness""; ""The Recovery""; ""The Forty (Few Words)""; ""Act One""; ""Wonder and Worship in the Dying Ward""; ""Characters""; ""Act One"" The Trojan legend and the character of Helen form the basis for The Bite of the Night. As with all Barker's mythical and historical works, it is overlaid and undermined by a contemporary narrative, in this instance the search for the origin of the erotic undertaken by the redundant university teacher Dr Savage and his nihilistic student, Hogbin. Through all twelve Troys, Savage and Helen struggle with a passion both intellectual and physical, and the idea of beauty is refined to a terrifying degree. In Brutopia Barker's controversial portrait of the humanist Thomas More is shaped around his Modern playwrights.English drama20th centuryElectronic books.English drama822.91408Barker Howard176810MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910493207403321Plays eight2487964UNINA