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Maydays ; : & Trying it on

Title
Maydays ; : & Trying it on / David Edgar.
ISBN
9781784605179
9781848427327
9781788501118
178850111X
1848427328
Edition
First edition.
Publication
London : Nick Hern Books, [2018]
Distribution
London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2019
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"David Edgar's Trying It On is an autobiographical play, written to be performed by its author. It was first performed at Warwick Arts Centre on 7 June 2018, at the beginning of a tour which included dates at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham; the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; and the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London. It was commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre and produced by China Plate theatre studio. The play is performed on a set designed to look like a study, full of clutter, with a stage manager's table to the side. David addresses the audience directly, reflecting on the journey he's taken from the twenty-year-old of 1968, experiencing worldwide student revolt and being immersed in radical politics, to the seventy-year-old of today. He wants to know if those two Davids share the same beliefs, and if not, whether it is the world that's changed, or him. He conducts straw polls to find out the audience's position on certain topics. He presents video testimony from several authors and political commentators. And as his delves deeper into his own history, and the apparently deepening rift between generations today, the Stage Manager, a young woman called Danni, steps in to challenge his perspective."-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Nick Hern books modern plays.
Trying it on.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2022
Series
NHB modern plays.
NHB modern plays.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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