Kurzdramen, oft in einem Akt, haben im englischen Theater des 20. Jahrhunderts Tradition. Bedeutende Dramatiker haben sich immer wieder erfolgreich mit dieser konzentrierten Form der Darstellung auseinandergesetzt. Der Band enthält fünf charakteristische, brillante Stücke. Texte in der Originalsprache, mit Übersetzungen schwieriger Wörter am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.
August Strindberg's Miss Julie was written at a time of industrial and social unrest, a ground-breaking masterpiece that still provokes and shocks audiences today. Award-winning playwright Howard Brenton brings Strindberg's genius to life in this brilliant new adaptation premiering in July 2017.
This collection of plays by one of Britain's most prominent political dramatists offers the best of his work from the 1980s. The plays include "The Romans in Britain", "Thirteenth Night", "The Genius", "Bloody Poetry" and "Greenland".
Howard Brenton's epic play for Shakespeare's Globe theatre presents a dramatic portrait of one of the most famous figures in English History, Henry VIII 's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I.
In a freezing Dickensian London petty-crook Eddie Cass is paid handsomely to transport a hat-box from a council flat to a Regent's Park mansion. Unable to make delivery he makes the mistake of opening the box and is plunged into a murder scandal reaching right to the highest echelons. Worse, he is pursued by a secret agent wearing scent who lets him loose, as a sporting gesture, with a thousand pounds and a bottle of Glenmorangie before hunting him down."--Back cover
Christie in Love, Magnificence, The Churchill Play, Weapons of Happiness, Epsom Downs, Sore Throats
Howard Brenton is a prominent and provocative British dramatist. Christie in Love explores the life of John Christie, a 19th-century serial killer, showcasing Brenton's unique perspective on outcasts. Unlike Genet, Brenton maintains a clearer strategy, revealing the unreality of societal roles in a complex universe. In Magnificence, he highlights the struggles of ordinary people against the bourgeois state, earning praise as a "wonderful piece of theatre" that captures modern life in a vibrant style. The Churchill Play resurrects Churchill to reflect on the future he envisioned for England, prompting audiences to reconsider the past that shapes their current trajectory. Weapons of Happiness presents a revolutionary vision marked by creative ambiguity and the power to inspire and provoke thought. Epsom Downs is likened to Bartholomew Fair, depicting a lively public festival that draws a diverse crowd in a rich, Bruegel-like tableau. The collection concludes with Sore Throats, a sharp and humorous critique of sexual desires within and outside marriage, noted for its exceptional theatrical power and boldness.
