Sanctuary
By (Author) Tanika Gupta
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oberon Books Ltd
1st June 2002
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
822.92
Paperback
116
Width 130mm, Height 210mm
A London churchyard becomes a sanctuary for the gardener Kabir. When a photograph of an African church appears in this little Eden, a complex drama of morality and conscience unfolds. Sanctuary was part of the National Theatre's 'Transformations' season in 2002.
Tanika Gupta has written for theatre, radio, film and television. Her stage plays include "Voices in the Wind", "Skeleton", "On the Coach with Enoch", "Sanctuary" (also published by Oberon books) and "The Waiting Room", which won the John Whiting Award. She has also translated Brecht's "The Good Woman of Sezuan" and adapted Gita Mehta's "A River Sutra".