Description
Product ID: | 9780719059568 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance |
Title: | ‘Love Me or Kill Me’ |
Subtitle: | Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes |
Authors: | Author: Graham Saunders |
Page Count: | 224 |
Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Based on conversations with directors and actors who knew her, this book is a study of the British post-war dramatist, Sarah Kane. It covers all her major plays and productions, as well as unpublished material and reviews, and looks at her continuing influence after her tragic early death. Blasted brought Sarah Kane to the theatre pages of the broadsheets, the front pages of the tabloids, and to the notice of the nation. Covers all Kane''s major plays and productions, contains hitherto unpublished material and reviews, and looks at her continuing influence after her tragic early death. A chapter-by-chapter analysis looks at each play in detail and the appendices carry transcripts of interviews with colleagues and leading theatre practitioners involved with her productions. This book is the first study of the most significant British dramatist in post-war theatre and includes unpublished interview material with Sarah Kane herself. |
Imprint Name: | Manchester University Press |
Publisher Name: | Manchester University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2002-04-25 |