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Description
When I say sleep, you're free again.
A man loses his daughter to a car accident. Nothing now is what it seems. It's like he's in a play - but he doesn't know the words or the moves.
Tim Crouch's critically acclaimed play playfully pushes the limits of theatre: a two-hander, where one of the actors walk on stage having neither seen nor read a word of the play they're in… until they're in it. Shockingly moving, An Oak Tree questions how we perform … and whether we know our lines.
This edition was published to coincide with the runs at Avignon Festival, France, in July 2023, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in August 2023.
Product details

Published | 07 Jul 2023 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 80 |
ISBN | 9781350437609 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A play about theatre, a magic trick, a laugh and a vivid experience of grief, and it spoils you for a while for other plays
Caryl Churchill
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It is like watching your own heart being mugged
Guardian
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Nobody does it quite like Tim Crouch. Pirandello for a modern audience and better
The Independent