LEADER 02349nam 2200469 450 001 9910493207403321 005 20210209163030.0 010 $a1-78319-586-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000348403 035 $a(EBL)1928463 035 $a(OCoLC)902664961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5282782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1928463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1928463 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000348403 100 $a20180926d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPlays eight $ethe bite of the night, Brutopia, the forty, wonder and worship in the dying ward /$fHoward Barker 210 1$aLondon :$cOberon Books,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (562 p.) 225 1 $aOberon modern playwrights 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78319-087-6 327 $a""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"" 330 $a The Trojan legend and the character of Helen form the basis for The Bite of the Night. As with all Barker's mythical and historical works, it is overlaid and undermined by a contemporary narrative, in this instance the search for the origin of the erotic undertaken by the redundant university teacher Dr Savage and his nihilistic student, Hogbin. Through all twelve Troys, Savage and Helen struggle with a passion both intellectual and physical, and the idea of beauty is refined to a terrifying degree. In Brutopia Barker's controversial portrait of the humanist Thomas More is shaped around his 410 0$aModern playwrights. 606 $aEnglish drama$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish drama 676 $a822.91408 700 $aBarker$b Howard$0176810 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910493207403321 996 $aPlays eight$92487964 997 $aUNINA