Tony Harrison Plays 2: The Misanthrope; Phaedra Britannica; The Prince's Plays - Softcover

Harrison, Tony

9780571210411: Tony Harrison Plays 2: The Misanthrope; Phaedra Britannica; The Prince's Plays

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571210414 ISBN 13: 9780571210411

Publisher: Faber, 2002

This second collection of Tony Harrison's poetry for the stage contains his adaptations of Moli�re, Racine and Victor Hugo. Included are the plays The Misanthrope, Phaedra Britannica and The Prince's Plays.

The volume contains introductions, written by Tony Harrison, to each of the plays.

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Book Description:

Tony Harrison Plays 2 includes the well-loved poet's translations from the French of Moli�re, Racine and Victor Hugo, and includes the plays The Misanthrope, Phaedra Britannica and The Prince's Plays.

About the Author:

Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in 1937. His volumes of poetry include The Loiners (winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize), Continuous, v. (broadcast on Channel 4 in 1987, winning the Royal Television Society Award), The Gaze of the Gorgon (winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry) and Laureate's Block. Recognised as Britain's leading theatre and film poet, Tony Harrison has written extensively for the National Theatre, the New York Metropolitan Opera, the BBC, Channel 4, the RSC, and for unique ancient spaces in Greece, Austria and Japan. His films include Black Daisies for the Bride, which won the Prix Italia in 1994, The Shadow of Hiroshima, Prometheus and Crossings. Five volumes of plays and his Collected Film Poetry are published by Faber and his Collected Poems by Penguin. His play, Fram, premiered at the National Theatre in 2008. Tony Harrison was awarded the PEN/Pinter Prize 2009, the European Prize for Literature 2010, the David Cohen Prize for Literature 2015, and the Premio Feronia 2016 in Rome, in special recognition of a foreign author.

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