Gay Plays 5: Playing by the Rules; Plague of Innocence; Beautiful Thing; Snow Orchid: v. 5 (Play Anthologies) - Softcover
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<P>Volume 5 in Methuen Drama's highly successful series of Gay Plays provides another outstanding selection by playwright Michael Wilcox. Included here is the George Devine winner, Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing: 'deliciously upbeat . . . seldom has there been a play which so exquisitely and joyously depicts what it's like to be sixteen, in the first flush of love and optimism. Truly a most unusual and beautiful thing.' (Guardian)
<P></P>Playing by the Rules by Rod Dungate: 'There's such humour in it, such affection and such energy . . . the action is swift, sharp and ebullient.' (Plays and Players)
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<P>Snow Orchid by Joe Pimtauro: 'Primal confrontations, spilled guts and emotional wound-openings show the seismic upheavals that occur within an Italian-American family when Rocco, the father, returns home after two years in a lunatic asylum.' (Independent)<BR><BR></P>
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Rod Dungate is a Birmingham based playwright. He studied at Bristol University where he earned a BA in Drama, before gaining an MA in Playwriting studies at Birmingham University. His plays include <I>A Little Light Orienteering</I>, <I>Masque of New Hope</I>, <I>King James' Ear</I>, First Past the Post, an adaptation of Jonson's <I>Epicoene</I>, <I>WormsEye ReView </I>(co-author), and for radio, <I>Now You See Me</I>. He is actively involved in developing cultural policy in Birmingham, and regularly reviews and contributes to <I>Plays and Players</I> and <I>Tribune</I>. His <I>Playing by the Rules </I>was published in<I> Gay Plays 5 </I>by Methuen Drama in 1994.
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Gay Plays 5: Playing by the Rules; Plague of Innocence; Beautiful Thing; Snow Orchid: v. 5 (Play Anthologies)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Volume 5 in Methuen Drama's highly successful series of Gay Plays provides another outstanding selection by playwright Michael Wilcox. Included here is the George Devine winner, Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing: 'deliciously upbeat . . . seldom has there been a play which so exquisitely and joyously depicts what it's like to be sixteen, in the first flush of love and optimism. Truly a most unusual and beautiful thing.' (Guardian)Playing by the Rules by Rod Dungate: 'There's such humour in it, such affection and such energy . . . the action is swift, sharp and ebullient.' (Plays and Players)Snow Orchid by Joe Pimtauro: 'Primal confrontations, spilled guts and emotional wound-openings show the seismic upheavals that occur within an Italian-American family when Rocco, the father, returns home after two years in a lunatic asylum.' (Independent) A collection of four contemporary plays by homosexual writers: Playing by the Rules by Rod Dungate; Plague of Innocence by Noel Greig; Snow Orchid by Joe Pintauro; and the George Devine winner Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780413687609
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