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Earthquakes in London
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Ideal for students and enthusiasts of contemporary theatre, particularly those interested in environmental themes and bold dramaturgy.
Earthquakes in London is a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate change--back cover.
A Student Edition of Mike Bartlett's account of life, love and profound unease in present-day London
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It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas; it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone... You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out.
Earthquakes in London is a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes, and decades, as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate change.
An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
Earthquakes in London was first published in 2010 and has subsequently become a much-produced and widely studied drama text. It is published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Bridget Escolme.
The ancillary material is geared at students and includes:
- An introduction outlining the play's plot, character, themes, context, and performance history
- The full text of the play
- A chronology of the playwright's life and work
- Extensive textual notes
- Questions for further study
- An interview with the playwright
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Described as a thrilling roller coaster of a play, it delivers adrenaline-fuelled excitement with its energy and ambitious scope. Praised for its inventive and idea-rich storytelling, critics acclaim it as a demented carnival that establishes Mike Bartlett as one of the most exciting young playwrights today.
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ISBN: 9781350138803
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 09 September 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Contributors:
- Volume editor Bridget Escolme
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 173g
Pages: 200
About the Author
Mike Bartlett is one of the most prolific playwrights of today. His debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts (Bush Theatre). In 2009, his play Cock won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, while Contractions was nominated for the TMA Best New Play award. Bartlett was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court in 2007, and is currently Associate Playwright at Paines Plough. He has also written seven plays for the radio, including Not Talking for which he won the Writer's Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes.
Bridget Escolme is Professor of Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
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