Books By Anders Lustgarten - Author

Anders Lustgartenis Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his first two plays: The Insurgents (2007), a comic drama about Kurdish immigration and political resistance to globalisation, and Enduring Freedom (2008), a powerful portrayal of the Bush years, were produced. From 2007-8, Anders was on attachment at the Soho Theatre. He is taking his new play, You Cannot Escape Our Love, about Zimbabwe after Mugabe, to the Harare International Festival of Arts in April 2010. Anders is under commission to the Bolton Octagon. Other work includes The Punishment Stories, about black prisoners and Islam (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate Award), and an adaptation of Slawomir Mrozek's The Police (BAC 2007). Anders works as a political activist; he has also taught on Death Row, been arrested by the Turkish secret police, and holds a PhD in Chinese politics from the University of California.