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The Theatre of Martin Crimp
A guide to all of the plays of Martin Crimp.

For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of new writing for the British stage. His main stage plays include Dealing with Clair, The Treatment, Attempts on Her Life, The Country, and Cruel and Tender, with his 1997 masterpiece, Attempts on Her Life,
arguably being one of the best plays of the past quarter century. By
the author of the landmark study of contemporary British drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre, this is the first study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio.

Arguing that Crimp is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, Aleks Sierz provides an accessible and fascinating account of the playwright's work.
As well as an account of each of Crimp's plays and an analysis of his
oeuvre, the volume includes a wide-ranging interview with Crimp himself
and interviews with all the key directors responsible for staging his
work, including Sam Walters, Katie Mitchell, James Mcdonald and Lindsay
Posner
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The Theatre of Martin Crimp
A guide to all of the plays of Martin Crimp.

For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of new writing for the British stage. His main stage plays include Dealing with Clair, The Treatment, Attempts on Her Life, The Country, and Cruel and Tender, with his 1997 masterpiece, Attempts on Her Life,
arguably being one of the best plays of the past quarter century. By
the author of the landmark study of contemporary British drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre, this is the first study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio.

Arguing that Crimp is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, Aleks Sierz provides an accessible and fascinating account of the playwright's work.
As well as an account of each of Crimp's plays and an analysis of his
oeuvre, the volume includes a wide-ranging interview with Crimp himself
and interviews with all the key directors responsible for staging his
work, including Sam Walters, Katie Mitchell, James Mcdonald and Lindsay
Posner
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A guide to all of the plays of Martin Crimp.

For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of new writing for the British stage. His main stage plays include Dealing with Clair, The Treatment, Attempts on Her Life, The Country, and Cruel and Tender, with his 1997 masterpiece, Attempts on Her Life,
arguably being one of the best plays of the past quarter century. By
the author of the landmark study of contemporary British drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre, this is the first study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio.

Arguing that Crimp is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, Aleks Sierz provides an accessible and fascinating account of the playwright's work.
As well as an account of each of Crimp's plays and an analysis of his
oeuvre, the volume includes a wide-ranging interview with Crimp himself
and interviews with all the key directors responsible for staging his
work, including Sam Walters, Katie Mitchell, James Mcdonald and Lindsay
Posner

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780413775887
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/12/2006
Series: Critical Companions , #1
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Aleks Sierz is the theatre critic of Tribune and a freelance theatre reviewer. He is a lecturer in modern British theatre whose seminal study, In-Yer-Face Theatre, defined a new generation of writers and their work and went on to become a best-selling title.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements     ix
Introduction: 'At Two Shifts From Reality?'     1
'A Knock at the Door'     13
Living Remains
Four Attempted Acts
A Variety of Death-Defying Acts
Definitely the Bahamas
Dealing with Clair
Play with Repeats
'Denial, Brutality and Sheer Human Confusion'     29
No One Sees the Video
Getting Attention
The Treatment
The Misanthrope
'Privileged Distance from Death and Dismemberment'     48
Attempts on Her Life
The Country
Face to the Wall
Cruel and Tender
Fewer Emergencies
'French is My Film or TV'     70
The Chairs
One More Wasted Year
Roberto Zucco
The Maids
The Triumph of Love
The False Servant
'Dialogue is Inherently Cruel'     86
Martin Crimp in Conversation
'Hearing Their Voices'     110
Crimpland's Contours
Playwright's Voice
Linguistic Toolbox and Marks on the Page
'Viewed With Hostility and Suspicion'     126
Troubled Selves
Cruel Liaisons
Modern Marriages
Nuclear Families and Victimised Children
'My Plays Emit Criticism'     142
Satirical Stance
Ironic Distance
Power Games
Male Gaze
Consumerism and the Culture of Contentment
'Conclusion': 'Looking for Constraints'     157
The Interviews     173   Sam Walters     173   Anthony Clark     177   Auriol Smith     179   Joe Penhall     182   Jude Kelly     185   Lindsay Posner     188   Tim Albery     192   Katie Mitchell     197   Edward Kemp     205   David Bradby     209   Gerhard Willert     212   James Macdonald     216
Attempts on his Life     221
Timeline     226
Notes     229
Bibliography     252
Index     262
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