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Killing The Cat
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Killing The Cat
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Spencer
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| Series | Modern Plays |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:96 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780413642103
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Methuen Drama
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| Publication Date |
13 September 1990 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Winner of the Verity Bargate Award in 1990 Killing the Cat is a play about memory and writing. Moving between the 70s and the present day it shows Danny writing about his sister's experience of sexual abuse by his father. As he invents a fiction of what he has been told has happened, what he remembers happening and what he imagines or dreams to have happened in the past Danny's story threatens to blow the family apart, until the other members join ranks to keep the story a family secret.
Author Biography
David Spencer's works have premiered at the Royal Court, National Theatre, and Soho Theatre. He has won a number of awards, including the Verity Bargate Award, the Alfred Doblin residency, and a residency in Schloss Wiepersdorf. His best-known works include: Releevo, Killing the Cat, Hurricane Roses, Red Stars, and Raven.
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