Sweet Nothings

by David Harrower, Arthur Schnitzler

Overview

A young man has an affair with a married woman. He is terrified her husband will challenge him to a duel and kill him. Meanwhile he toys with the affections of another and, for a moment, life seems full of joy.
The doorbell rings. The husband enters the room.
Based on Schnitzler's play Liebelei, David Harrower's Sweet Nothings captures the power of sexual longing, the cruelty of tradition and the vulnerability of those in love. The play premieres at the Young Vic, London, in March 2010.
'I write of love and death. What other subjects are there?'
Arthur Schnitzler.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780571268931
Publisher:	Faber and Faber
Publication date:	03/04/2010
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	510 KB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

David Harrower and Arthur Schnitzler
Knives in Hens, Kill the Old, Torture Their Young, Dark Earth (Traverse Theatre), Presence (Royal Court) The Chrysalids (NT Connections), Blackbird (Edinburgh International Festival; West End), A Slow Air (Tron Theatre, Glasgow), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, adapted from the novel by Muriel Spark, (Donmar). Adaptations include Büchner's Woyzeck (Edinburgh Lyceum), Chekhov's Ivanov and Horváth's Tales from the Vienna Woods (National Theatre), Schiller's Mary Stuart (National Theatre of Scotland), and Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, Brecht's The Good Soul of Szechuan and Gogol's The Government Inspector (Young Vic). Film credits: Una; Outlaw King.
Reigen ( La Ronde), Liebelei ( Sweet Nothings) - both filmed by Max Ophu¨ls - Das weite Land ( Undiscovered Country), Professor Benhardi and Anatol. His many short novels and stories include Traumnovelle ( Dream Story, adapted as Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael) and Spiel im Morgengrauen ( Night Games).