Galgani / Mclean / Crichton Smith Family: three plays

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78850-288-7
Verlag: Nick Hern Books
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 80 Seiten

Reihe: NHB Modern Plays

A triptych of short plays on the theme of family, from three generations of Scottish writers. Acts by Riccardo Galgani: an old couple have not seen their son in years. One day he walks back into their lives, bringing with him a pictureless picture frame and a set of half-recalled memories of a time when they were happy. Maybe. One Good Beating by Linda McLean: a grown-up brother and sister exact revenge on their violent father by locking him in the coalshed as retribution for years of sniping, bullying and pain. But he's not defeated. Yet... The Visitor by Iain Crichton Smith: a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement is confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects. The triptych Family was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.

Riccardo Galgani is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter, born in Glasgow in 1969. His work for the stage includes: Acts (part of the triptych Family staged by the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999); Green Field (Traverse, 2002) and The Found Man (Traverse, 2005). He was also Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Traverse between 2001 and 2002.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galgani, Riccardo

Mclean, Linda

Crichton Smith, Iain