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Description
The first volume of collected plays from acclaimed dramatist David Lan
Painting a Wall: 'an essential theatrical image of the human condition' - Plays and Players
Red Earth: 'Mature skill...in the course of a lunchtime, 70 years of South African history are played out with power and poignancy' - The Times
Flight: 'a play that gives you faith in new writing' - City Limits
Desire: 'a ballad and an act of faith' - Sunday Times
The Ends of the Earth: 'The work of a genuine theatrical poet . . . we should be so lucky to have ambitious, hypnotic writing in our theatre' - Observer
'These plays are unique in contemporary theatre; wonderful immersions into foreign worlds that touch our own' (John Lahr)
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Product details

Published | Jun 03 1999 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 304 |
ISBN | 9780413736802 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Dimensions | 7 x 4 inches |
Series | Contemporary Dramatists |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Reviews
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Painting a Wall: 'Lan's short political allegory...is a series of lulls and eruptions reflecting both the rhythms of work and the patterns of acceptance, anger and fuck-it-all humour experienced by anyone struggling to survive under an unjust system.'
Bella Todd, Time Out London, 21.5.09