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The Tree of Knowledge
Jo Clifford
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Description for The Tree of Knowledge
Paperback.
A wildly imaginative, hilariously provocative and deeply moving play from one of Scotland's most important playwrights.
The philosopher David Hume and the father of modern economics, Adam Smith, wake up in Edinburgh in the early twenty-first century. To their bewilderment, joy and horror, it is a world where all the knowledge they ever dreamt of is at everyone's fingertips and the utopia of a free-market economy is a reality. But at what cost to the planet and to humanity?
With their fellow traveller, Eve, a Scottish everywoman, Hume and Smith embark on an extraordinary journey of enlightenment - ... Read more
Jo Clifford's play The Tree of Knowledge was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 2011.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
55
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848422353
SKU
V9781848422353
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99-10
About Jo Clifford
Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.
Reviews for The Tree of Knowledge
'A clever and wholehearted play that brings home the fierceness of the crisis of civilisation we now face'
Joyce McMillan
The Scotsman
'A slow-burning totem of universal hope in a messed-up world'
The Herald, Scotland
Joyce McMillan
The Scotsman
'A slow-burning totem of universal hope in a messed-up world'
The Herald, Scotland