Secret terror cells, political conspiracy, police bungling, state-sponsored bomb plots… This is London, 1896. Inspired by Joseph Conrad's classic novel, The Secret Agent is theatre O's heartbreaking and hilarious chronicle of passion, betrayal and terrorism. Set at a time of social upheaval and growing disparity between rich and poor, at the heart of this tale is a woman fighting to protect her young brother from exploitationand violence. In their trademark highly imaginative style, described by The New York Times as, "vivid, enlightening, inventive and compelling", music halland early cinema collide in theatre O's return to the stage after five years away
ISBN: | 9781783190416 |
Publication date: | 8th August 2013 |
Author: | Matthew Hurt, Joseph Conrad, England Theatre O London, Young Vic Theatre Company |
Publisher: | Oberon Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 79 pages |
Series: | Oberon Modern Plays |
Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |