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16%OFFCaryl Churchill - Blue Heart - 9781848426009 - V9781848426009
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Blue Heart

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Description for Blue Heart Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JM; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 90.

Two exhilarating and teasingly entertaining one-act plays from one of the UK’s leading playwrights.

Heart’s Desire sees a family awaiting their daughter’s return from Australia, though in a series of alternative scenarios, the play collapses as it keeps veering off in unexpected and ridiculous directions.

Blue Kettle tells the story of conman Derek and the five women he misleads into believing he is their biological son. Try as he might, Derek’s plans are scuppered as the play is invaded by a virus.

In Caryl Churchill’s ever-inventive style, the two plays in Blue Heart pull apart language and ... Read more

Blue Heart was first performed at Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds, in August 1997 in a touring co-production by Out of Joint and the Royal Court Theatre.

This edition was published alongside the first major revival of Blue Heart, nearly twenty years after its premiere, in a co-production by the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, and Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol, in 2016.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848426009
SKU
V9781848426009
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Caryl Churchill
Caryl Churchill is a leading playwright who has written widely for the stage, television and radio. Her stage plays include: Owners (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1972); Objections to Sex and Violence (Royal Court, 1975); Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Joint Stock, 1976); Vinegar Tom (Monstrous Regiment, 1976); Traps (Royal Court, 1977); Cloud Nine (Joint Stock, 1979); Three More Sleepless ... Read more

Reviews for Blue Heart
'A fiendishly clever and surreal play'
Guardian
'The play of the year'
Independent
'Substantial, provocative, immensely stylish works which create an unsettling mixture of wild laughter and profound unease... a major hit'
Telegraph

Goodreads reviews for Blue Heart


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