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Includes the plays The Optimist, The Swing of Things and The Company Man
In this third volume of his collected plays Torben Betts portrays a world of floundering, sub-alpha males and suicidally miserable women, of bullying parents, torturous childhoods and failing relationships, characters all baffled by the most basic question: how do we live good lives and be happy in the modern world?
Set on Guy Fawke's Night The Optimist (2002) concerns a Government Defence Minister who must face up to the consequences of the choices he has made, both professionally and personally. The Swing of Things (2005) hilariously examines a world where status anxiety and affluenza seem to have corrupted the soul of a whole generation. In The Company Man (2006) a dying woman's last night is marred by the conflict between her accomplished yet emotionally damaged husband and their deeply troubled son.
| Published | May 01 2008 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 312 |
| ISBN | 9781783194216 |
| Imprint | Oberon Books |
| Series | Oberon Modern Playwrights |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
