David Edgar Plays: 2: Ecclesiastes, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Entertaining Strangers: v.2 (Contemporary Dramatists) - Softcover

Edgar, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413630501 ISBN 13: 9780413630506

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 1990

Synopsis

"David Edgar, like Balzac, seems to be the secretary for our times" (Guardian)
Nicholas Nickleby: "With uncommon audacity Nicholas Nickleby not only takes on Dickens' sprawling novel, it fractures all the petty limitations we have imposed upon the stage as well. . .A landmark" (New Statesman); In Entertaining Strangers, a community constructs a nativity play: "English left-wing social drama at its sturdiest and finest: human, argumentative, utterly unafraid of human realities, and seething with indignation and compassion" (Sunday Times) and Ecclesiastes, a radio play that looks at the rise and fall of a "fundamentalist" Christian clergyman in the Us.

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Review:

"David Edgar, like Balzac, seems to be the secretary for our times"--"Guardian"

David Edgar, like Balzac, seems to be the secretary for our times "Guardian""

"David Edgar, like Balzac, seems to be the secretary for our times" --Guardian

About the Author:

David Edgar is a British playwright and journalist, whose works are known for their strong political content. Edgar began to write in the wake of the student rebellions of 1968. His reputation was established when Destiny (1976), which examines racist and fascist elements in British culture, was performed in a production by the RSC. His other works include Wreckers (1977), Mary Barnes (1977), The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs (1978), Maydays (1983), That Summer (1987), The Shape of the Table (1990), The Prisoner's Dilemma (2002), Albert Speer (1999), Continental Divide (2003), Playing With Fire (2005), and Testing the Echo (2008). Edgar has also been involved with community theatre projects, most notably A Time to Keep (2007), co-written with Stephanie Dale for community actors in Dorchester.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0413630501
• ISBN 13: 9780413630506
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 524