This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies
The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs is an adaptation of the famous South African writer's diaries and deals with solitary confinement and loneliness - "a remarkable, persuasive picture." (Observer); Mary Barnes is based in a commune in the sixties and focuses on schizophrenia "promulgating the theory that schizophrenia can be effectively treated through behaviourist methods alone"; Saigon Rose tackles venereal disease and is "intriguing and entertaining…Edgar handles his themes - loss of innocence and a sense of betrayal - in a bitty, playful style laced with black comedy" (Independent); Oh Fair Jerusalem deals with the black death and Destiny deals with the loss of Empire and the rise of fascism in contemporary Britain "A play which astonished me with its intelligence, density, sympathy and finely controlled anger." Dennis Potter (Sunday Times).
| ISBN: | 9780413152206 |
| Publication date: | 5th June 1997 |
| Author: | David Edgar |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of A&C Black |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Series: | Methuen Contemporary Dramatists |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies
The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs is an adaptation of the famous South African writer's diaries and deals with solitary confinement and loneliness - "a remarkable, persuasive picture." (Observer); Mary Barnes is based in a commune in the sixties and focuses on schizophrenia "promulgating the theory that schizophrenia can be effectively treated through behaviourist methods alone"; Saigon Rose tackles venereal disease and is "intriguing and entertaining…Edgar handles his themes - loss of innocence and a sense of betrayal - in a bitty, playful style laced with black comedy" (Independent); Oh Fair Jerusalem deals with the black death and Destiny deals with the loss of Empire and the rise of fascism in contemporary Britain "A play which astonished me with its intelligence, density, sympathy and finely controlled anger." Dennis Potter (Sunday Times).
David Edgar features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
David Edgar is available in Paperback
David Edgar was written by David Edgar and published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama an imprint of A&C Black
David Edgar has 416 pages
Yes it is part of Methuen Contemporary Dramatists series