Blasted

Name: Blasted
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780413766205
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By Sarah Kane

Series: Modern Plays

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Blasted is Sarah Kane's first full-length play, debuting in 1995. It starkly portrays harrowing experiences of rape, torture, and violence set against a backdrop of civil war, challenging audiences with its raw and uncompromising depiction of human suffering.
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This intense and provocative play is suited to readers interested in groundbreaking theatre, contemporary drama, and explorations of human tragedy. It is best suited for mature audiences due to its challenging and graphic themes.

A play which contains an uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself.

A play which contains an uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself.

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In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play, Blasted, opened. It became the cause célèbre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war.

"Sheer unadulterated brutalism" - Evening Standard

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Guardian praised Kane for writing "simply and starkly about the world she saw around her," calling the play "a mature and vividly theatrical response to the pain of living." The Evening Standard hailed it as "sheer unadulterated brutalism" and lauded Kane's work as an unparalleled assault on sensibilities.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413766205

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Edition: New edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 66g

Pages: 80

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Sarah Kane Series: Modern Plays

About the Author

Sarah Kane studied at Bristol and Birmingham universities. Recognised as a highly influential new vo ice in European theatre, her work was championed by the Royal Court. She died in February 1999, aged 28.