Blasted
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Blasted
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Sarah Kane
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| Series | Modern Plays |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:64 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780413766205
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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| Audience | |
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| Edition |
New Edition - New Edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Methuen Drama
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| Publication Date |
29 March 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play Blasted opened. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. "sheer unadulterated brutalism" Evening Standard
Author Biography
Sarah Kane studied at Bristol and Birmingham universities. Recognised as a highly influential new vo ice in European theatre, her work was championed by the Royal Court. She died in February 1999, aged 28.
Reviews'Kane wrote simply and starkly about the world she saw around her...a mature and vividly theatrical response to the pain of living' Guardian; 'I do not think I've yet seen a play that can beat Sarah Kane's sustained onslaught on the sensibilities for sheer, unadulterated brutalism' Evening Standard
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