Artefacts (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Bartlett, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408106779 ISBN 13: 9781408106778

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. Turns out he's from Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a vase. She wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It's not the reunion either of them expected and for Kelly, it's the beginning of an epic and dangerous journey.



Mike Bartlett has been described as 'One of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. (The Stage).


His first play My Child was called 'Brutal, thrilling, unmissable' (Evening Standard) and 'the theatrical equivalent of a firecracker'. (Metro).

About this title

Review:

'Mike Bartlett, still only in his mid-twenties, is a dramatist of rare economy and dramatic power.'
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 27.02.08

'I was left full of admiration for this dramatist's combination of power and precision ... this is dramatic writing of a very high order indeed.'
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 27.02.08

Written with great economy, humour and theatrical verve, Mike Bartlett's fascinating new play explores the differences in family life between London and Baghdad'
Aleks Sierz, The Stage, 26.02.08

About the Author:

Mike Barlett's debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts (Bush Theatre, February 2008), and is currently participating in the prestigious Pearson Playwrights Scheme. He won the Writer's Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for his radio play, Not Talking.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1408106779
• ISBN 13: 9781408106778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80