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Betts: Plays Two: Incarcerator; Five Visions of the Faithful; Silence and Violence; The Biggleswade; The Last Days of Diser

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Full Title:

Betts: Plays Two: Incarcerator; Five Visions of the Faithful; Silence and Violence; The Biggleswade; The Last Days of Diser

Contributors:

By (Author) Torben Betts

ISBN:

9781840022001

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Oberon Books Ltd

Publication Date:

13th July 2001

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

822.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

304

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 210mm

Description

Incarcerator Five Visions of the Faithful Silence and Violence the Last Days of Desire; The plays collected in this volume mark a radical change in the direction of Betts' writing as he moves away from social realism and black comedy towards language rich, theatrically-ambiguous tragedy. His hugely popular verse drama Incarcerator (White Bear and BAC) was a Time Out Critics choice, while his Five Visions of the Faithful (White Bear), is a series of uncompromising narratives exploring freedom, faith, death and desire. In Silence and Violence the wife of a war hero seduces a much-reviled sculptor as Betts examines the artist's quest for self-expression in a Philistine state. Betts' first radio play, The Last Days of Dosire, was commissioned by the BBC.

Reviews

Betts is an immensely promising talent destined for great things * What's On Stage *
Just about the most original and extraordinary writer of drama we have...a boldly visionary poet...a political Beckett...a flamingly original writer we ignore at our peril. * LIZ LOCHHEAD, NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND *
An uncommonly talented playwright * TIME OUT *
Betts has a profound and highly original theatrical voice. * DAILY TELEGRAPH *

Author Bio

Torben Betts read English Literature & English Language at the University of Liverpool before training and working as an actor. Works include: The Unconquered, Best New Play 2007 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (Tron/Traverse/Arcola/Brits-off-Broadway); A Listening Heaven, nominated for Best New Play at the 2001 TMA Awards (Edinburgh Royal Lyceum); Lie of the Land, nominated for Edinburgh Fringe First Award, 2008 (Edinburgh Pleasance/Arcola); Clockwatching (Orange Tree Theatre); The Company Man (Orange Tree Theatre); The Biggleswades (Southwark Playhouse); Five Visions of the Faithful (Edinburgh Festival); The Lunatic Queen (Riverside Studios); The Error of Their Ways (HERE Arts Center, New York); The Swing of Things (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough).

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