Pity - (Modern Plays) by Rory Mullarkey (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidenceDon't forget the lightning strike A normal day.
- About the Author: Stockport native Rory Mullarkey graduated in 2009 from Cambridge, after which he studied at the State Theatrical Arts Academy of St. Petersburg.
- 72 Pages
- Performing Arts, Theater
- Series Name: Modern Plays
Description
Book Synopsis
Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidence
Don't forget the lightning strike
What happens next verges on the ridiculous. There's ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. Candles. Blood. Lightning. Sandwiches. Snipers. Looting. Gunshots. Babies. Actors. Azaleas. Famine. Fountains. Statues. Atrocities. And tanks. (Probably). Rory Mullarkey's new play asks whether things really are getting worse. And if we care.
Review Quotes
"Rory Mullarkey's poetical, darkly funny but never murky adaptation proves stimulating and surprising . . . makes you laugh one moment and shudder the next" --The Times (on Saint George and the Dragon)
"It's no surprise that there's a lot of theatre right now preoccupied with tyranny and freedom, as well as the power of nationalism to divide a country rather than hold it together. Rory Mullarkey's new play addresses all these issues, favouring an anarchic style that at times brings to mind Blackadder and Monty Python...There are ticklish jokes and moments of enjoyable mischief..." --Evening Standard (on Saint George and the Dragon)About the Author
Stockport native Rory Mullarkey graduated in 2009 from Cambridge, after which he studied at the State Theatrical Arts Academy of St. Petersburg. A translator of Russian Drama, Mullarkey's translations have been produced by the ADC Theatre, The Royal Court and the Free Theatre of Belarus. Plays include Single Sex (Royal Exchange); Remembrance Day (Royal Court), Tourism (Headlong) and Come To Where I'm From (Paines Plough). Mullarkey spent 2010 as Writer-on-Attachment at the Royal Court Theatre, London, and 2011 as the Pearson Writer in Residence at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. His The Grandfathers was programmed as part of the National Theatre's 2012 Connections: Plays for Young People. In 2014, Rory Mullarkey won the Harold Pinter Playwriting Prize, the George Devine Award (jointly with Alice Birch) and the James Tait Black Prize for Drama for his play Cannibals, published by Methuen Drama.Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W) x .14 Inches (D)
Weight: .17 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 72
Series Title: Modern Plays
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Theater
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Theme: Playwriting
Format: Paperback
Author: Rory Mullarkey
Language: English
Street Date: August 2, 2018
TCIN: 92313041
UPC: 9781350093898
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-6818
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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