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The Events
David Greig
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Description for The Events
Paperback. When Claire, a priest, survives an atrocity she sets out on a quest to answer the most difficult question of all: 'Why?' It's a journey that takes her to the edge of reason, science, politics and faith. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
'I have been thinking I might go berserk.'
When Claire, a priest, survives an atrocity she sets out on a quest to answer the most difficult question of all: 'Why?' It's a journey that takes her to the edge of reason, science, politics and faith.
David Greig's daring new play explores our destructive desire to fathom the unfathomable and asks how far forgiveness can stretch in the face of brutality.
The Events was commissioned and first produced by Actors Touring Company in co-production with the Young Vic Theatre, Schauspielhaus Wein and Brageteatret. It premiered at the Traverse ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571311057
SKU
V9780571311057
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About David Greig
David Greig is a writer and theatre director. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969. His play Europe was performed at the Traverse Theatre in 1994. Since then, his plays, adaptations and musical scripts have been performed widely in the UK and around the world. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture, who produced collaborative, experimental work until their funding was ... Read more
Reviews for The Events
David Greig's superb new play... Witty without being flip, wise without being sententious, provocative without being callous, it's probably the finest, most important thing Greig has written. Daily Telegraph This is a mighty play about not just one lost soul, but many. It is about grief, anger and revenge, but also about the things that bind us together as a ... Read more