The American Pilot
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Publishing Details
The American Pilot
By (Author) David Greig
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st July 2005
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
822.914
Physical Properties
80
Width 126mm, Height 197mm, Spine 7mm
88g
Description
A spy plane crash-lands in a remote valley in a distant country. The local villagers take in the wounded pilot and argue his fate. The American Pilot explores the way the world sees America and the way America sees the world.The American Pilot premi red with the RSC at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon in April 2005.
Author Bio
David Greig is a writer and theatre director. He was born in Edinburgh in 1969. His play Europe was performed at the Traverse Theatre in 1994. Since then, his plays, adaptations and musical scripts have been performed widely in the UK and around the world. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture, who produced collaborative, experimental work until their funding was ended in 2010. In 2016 he became the Artistic Director of Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre. In 2023 he published his first novel, Columba's Bones.
