Afore Night Come
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Afore Night Come
By (Author) David Rudkin
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
17th September 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
112
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
Description
Sure there's no end to the disasters that could choose to unfurl themselves on the world. The harvest is ripe in a Black Country pear orchard. Seasoned hands settle to familiar tasks and the ritual education of newcomers. But corrupted lands yields a bitter crop. The weather turns, friction mounts and pesticide begins to fall...
Reviews
Not since Look Back in Anger has a playwright made a debut more striking than this * Kenneth Tynan, The Observer *
A masterpiece * The Times *
Author Bio
David Rudkin's first play, Afore Night Comes, staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their 1962 experimental season, informed the Company's revolutionizing approach to the performance of Shakespeare. David writes for television, radio, and theatre.
