Lazarus: The Complete Book and Lyrics (NHB Modern Plays)

by David Bowie, Enda Walsh

Overview

'I'm a dying man who can't die.'

Thomas Newton came to Earth seeking water for his drought-ridden planet. Years later he's still stranded here, soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. But the arrival of another lost soul brings one last chance of freedom...

Inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, Lazarus brings the story of Thomas Newton to its devastating conclusion.

Written by Bowie with the playwright Enda Walsh, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs, Lazarus was first performed at New York Theatre Workshop in 2015, starring Michael C. Hall and directed by Ivo Van Hove. The production transferred to London in 2016.

'Ice-bolts of ecstasy shoot like novas through the fabulous muddle and murk of Lazarus, the great-sounding, great-looking and mind-numbing new musical built around songs by David Bowie' - Ben Brantley New York Times

'Wild, fantastical, eye-popping. A surrealistic tour de force' - Rolling Stone

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'I'm a dying man who can't die.'

Thomas Newton came to Earth seeking water for his drought-ridden planet. Years later he's still stranded here, soaked in cheap gin and haunted by a past love. But the arrival of another lost soul brings one last chance of freedom...

Inspired by the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis and its cult film adaptation starring David Bowie, Lazarus brings the story of Thomas Newton to its devastating conclusion.

Written by Bowie with the playwright Enda Walsh, and incorporating some of Bowie's most iconic songs, Lazarus was first performed at New York Theatre Workshop in 2015, starring Michael C. Hall and directed by Ivo Van Hove. The production transferred to London in 2016.

'Ice-bolts of ecstasy shoot like novas through the fabulous muddle and murk of Lazarus, the great-sounding, great-looking and mind-numbing new musical built around songs by David Bowie' - Ben Brantley New York Times

'Wild, fantastical, eye-popping. A surrealistic tour de force' - Rolling Stone

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780018348
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	11/10/2016
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	529 KB

About the Author

David Robert Jones, known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was born in Brixton, London, on 8 January 1947 and was a figure in popular music for over five decades, regarded by critics and musicians as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. His studio albums include The Man Who Sold the World (1970), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (1972), the Berlin trilogy of Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger (1979), Let's Dance (1983), Earthling (1997) and Blackstar (2016), released just two days after his death.
Enda Walsh was born in Dublin and now lives in London. His plays include a radical adaptation of A Christmas Carol (Corcadorca, 1994); The Ginger Ale Boy (Corcadorca, 1995); Disco Pigs (Corcadorca, 1996, then Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1997; winner of the 1997 Stewart Parker Award and the 1997 George Devine Award); Sucking Dublin (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1997); Misterman (Corcadorca, 1999; Galway Arts Festival and St Ann’s Warehouse, New York, 2011, and National Theatre, 2012); bedbound (The New Theatre, Dublin, 2000, then Traverse Theatre, 2001, and Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2002); two short plays, How These Desperate Men Talk (Zu¨rich Schauspielhaus, 2004) and Lynndie’s Gotta Gun for Artistas Unidos (Lisbon’s National Theatre, 2005); The Small Things (Paines Plough at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, 2005); Chatroom (National Theatre, 2005); The Walworth Farce (Druid Theatre, Galway, 2006, then Traverse Theatre, 2007, and National Theatre, 2008; winner of Fringe First Award, 2007); The New Electric Ballroom (Kammerspiele, Munich, 2005, then Druid Theatre, Galway, and Traverse Theatre, 2008; winner of Theater Heute’s Best Foreign Play, 2005, Fringe First Award, 2008, Best New Play, Irish Times Theatre Awards, 2008); Delirium, an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov (for Theatre O, Abbey Theatre and Barbican, 2008); My Friend Duplicity (Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2010); Penelope (Traverse Theatre, 2010, then Hampstead Theatre, 2011; winner of Fringe First Award, 2010); Once (New York Theatre Workshop, 2011, Broadway then West End); Room 303 (an installation for Galway International Arts Festival, 2014); Ballyturk (Galway International Arts Festival and National Theatre, 2014); The Twits (Royal Court, 2015); Arlington (Galway International Arts Festival, 2016). Disco Pigs and bedbound have been translated into eighteen languages and have had productions throughout Europe. His plays for radio include Four Big Days in the Life of Dessie Banks for RTÉ, which won the IPA Radio Drama Award, and The Monotonous Life of Little Miss P for the BBC, which was commended at the Grand Prix, Berlin. His 2008 biopic Hunger told the story of the final days of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands and won awards including the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Heartbeat Award at the Dinard International Film Festival. It was nominated for seven BIFAs (including Best Screenplay), six British Film and Television Awards (including Best Screenplay and Best Independent Film) and BAFTA’s Outstanding British Film Award 2009. "