The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart - Softcover

Greig, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057128213X ISBN 13: 9780571282135

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2011

Synopsis

One wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music.

'You shouldn't miss this for the world . . . Rambunctiously life-affirming and touchingly beautiful.' Herald

'More vibrantly alive than any piece of theatre I've seen in Scotland for years.' Scotsman

Inspired by the Border ballads, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart toured throughout Scotland in 2011 in a production by the National Theatre of Scotland.

About this title

Book Description:

'Loved the play, and the script is a joy on its own.' Andrew Greig, Herald Books of the Year

About the Author:

David Greig was born in Edinburgh. His plays include Europe, The Architect, The Speculator, The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union, Outlying Islands, San Diego, Pyrenees, The American Pilot, Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee , Damascus, Midsummer [a play with songs], Dunsinane, The Monster in the Hall and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture to produce collaborative, experimental theatre work. His translations and adaptations include Camus's Caligula, Euripides' The Bacchae, Strindberg's Creditors and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 057128213X
• ISBN 13: 9780571282135
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96