Attempts on Her Life

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Attempts to describe her Attempts to destroy her Or attempts to destroy herself

Is Anne the object of violence Or its terrifying practitioner

Martin Crimp's Attempts on her Life premi red at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, West Street, London in March 1997.

Author Bio

Martin Crimp was born in 1956. His plays include Three Attempted Acts (1985), Dealing with Clair (1988), Play with Repeats (1989), No One Sees the Video (1991), Getting Attention (1992), The Treatment (1993, winner of the John Whiting Award), Attempts on her Life (1997) and The Country (2000). He has translated or adapted work by Ionesco (The Chairs, 1997), Genet (The Maids, 1999) and Moliere (The Misanthrope, 1996).His work in the UK has been produced by the Orange Tree Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre, the RSC, the Young Vic and the Royal Court, where he was writer-in-residence in 1997. In New York his work has been seen at the Public Theatre and the Classic Stage Company, as well as on Broadway.