Description
| Product ID: | 9781350358034 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Modern Plays |
| Title: | Caligari |
| Authors: | Author: Georgie Bailey |
| Page Count: | 72 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: plays & playwrights |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama’s Untapped Award 2022A new Caligari comes to life – accompanied by a five-piece band. Embracing the long shadows and broad brushstrokes of German expressionism, Caligari exposes parallels between post-war Weimar and the UK today: an ever-widening class divide, a subconscious need for a tyrant, and an unwillingness to rebel against deranged authority. The doctor's victims take centre stage in this minty-fresh take on the German horror cult-classic, written by Georgie Bailey and presented by Off West End Award-winning ChewBoy Productions. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, in August 2022. Winner of New Diorama, Underbelly and Methuen Drama’s Untapped Award 2022A new Caligari comes to life – accompanied by a five-piece band.Embracing the long shadows and broad brushstrokes of German expressionism, Caligari exposes parallels between post-war Weimar and the UK today: an ever-widening class divide, a subconscious need for a tyrant, and an unwillingness to rebel against deranged authority. The doctor''s victims take centre stage in this minty-fresh take on the German horror cult-classic, written by Georgie Bailey and presented by Off West End Award-winning ChewBoy Productions. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh, in August 2022. |
| Imprint Name: | Methuen Drama |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-04 |
