Blasted (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Sarah Kane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413766209 ISBN 13: 9780413766205

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2001

Synopsis

In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play Blasted opened. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. ""sheer unadulterated brutalism"" Evening Standard

About this title

Review:

"I do not think I've yet seen a play that can beat Sarah Kane's sustained onslaught on the sensibilities for sheer unadulterated brutalism." --Evening Standard

About the Author:

Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999, and is now recognised as one of the most influential voices in modern European theatre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0413766209
• ISBN 13: 9780413766205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64