Author : Alexander Ostrovsky
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571308163
The Value of Something is Never its Price In a trading town on the banks of the river, penniless Larisa is desperate to marry and escape heartbreak and humiliation. But in this brutal world of transactions true love has no worth. Larisa is up for sale and the local merchants want a bargain. Samuel Adamson's version of Alexander Ostrovsky's rarely seen, sharp and darkly funny play Larisa and the Merchants, premiered at the Arcola in May 2013, produced by InSite Performance.
Author : Henrik Ibsen
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571318827
Calamity strikes when Bernick's business prowess and pristine reputation are threatened by the revelation of a long-buried secret. Desperate to dodge exposure in the kowtowing local community, Bernick devises a pitiless plan which, by a shocking twist of fate, risks the one life he holds dear. The centenary of Ibsen's death is marked with a vital new version of this rarely performed thriller, set amid a society struggling against the rush of capitalism, the lure of America and the passionate beginnings of the fight for female emancipation. Samuel Adamson version of Pillars of the Community premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2005.
Author : David Peace
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 22,53 MB
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1350005142
When Don Revie took over this club, Leeds were a rugby league town. No interest in football. Gates under 10,000. We'd never won a thing. He built one of the great clubs of English football, one of the great teams of English football, from scratch on barren ground from nothing more than spirit and fight and nous, which are the exact same qualities you used at Derby. And out of jealousy, you never tried to understand that. Never tried to make the most of that. Sad. 1974. Brian Clough, the enfant terrible of British football, tries to redeem his managerial career and reputation by winning the European Cup with his new team, Leeds United. The team he has openly despised for years, the team he hates and that hates him. Don Revie's Leeds. A West Yorkshire Playhouse and Red Ladder Theatre Company co-production, adapted from David Peace's ingenious and much-lauded novel, which was subsequently made into a film starring Michael Sheen, The Damned United takes you inside the tortured mind of a genius slamming up against his limits, and brings to life the beauty and brutality of football, the working man's ballet. Anders Lustgarten's stage adaptation of David Peace's novel received its world premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 3 March 2016.
Author : Vinay Patel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 135009238X
“So we're clear You know, right? You know I'm not that kind of person” Sometimes we can't find the right words. Sometimes the wrong word just slips out. Sometimes the right words become the wrong words. Sometimes that ruins everything. When a misfiring joke turns their life upside down, B sets off on a surreal journey looking for answers. In an age when technology multiplies every mistake, can we find a way to understand each other? A razor sharp satire about the search for a sure footing in an uncertain world from BAFTA nominated Vinay Patel. This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at Paines Plough and produced by Theatr Clwyd.
Author : Samuel Adamson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 2024-11-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0571389481
You're a dead man if they find you. Enigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs returns from Australia to the murky streets of nineteenth-century London and embarks on a quest to find his 'son' Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared. Disguised as a footman, he joins the peculiar household of Phipps's neighbour, Percy Buckle, where he meets Tobias Oates, a young novelist and amateur mesmerist searching for inspiration. Striking a dangerous deal with Oates, Maggs becomes ensnared in a dazzling, distorted world of ambition, secrets and unexpected alliances. Samuel Adamson's ingenious, wildly entertaining adaptation of Peter Carey's bestselling novel opened in November 2024, in a production by State Theatre Company South Australia.
Author : Samuel Adamson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571309895
I'm done, Father, Keep your crown, I swear you'll never bring me down! I am not queen material! Once, in opposing kingdoms lived a princess and a prince who had lost their mothers. Althea, unable to cry, became light with grief and floated, and so was locked away. Digby, so heavy-hearted that he could never smile, one day declares war. Althea, forced out of hiding, escapes, only to encounter the solemn prince on contested land and the warring heirs begin a passionate affair. But for Althea to find real love, she must first face her own deepest fears.
Author : Samuel Adamson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571391109
- Have we met? - No: you're unforgettable. Do you want to play primo or secondo, James? At St Pancras International, a woman sits at the piano and begins to play. The music captivates commuters, tourists and, following a viral clip, people around the world. Behind the music is the incredible story of a lifelong duet: the ballad of Hattie and James. Throughout their lives, Hattie and James find themselves inextricably linked, and cannot help but replay the experiences that have shaped them. Samuel Adamson's virtuosic tale of friendship and music opened at Kiln Theatre, London, in April 2024.
Author : Olga Gershenson
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780820476155
"Gesher Theatre opened in 1990 as a marginal immigrant troupe in Tel Aviv, and soon became one of the most popular innovative theatres in Israel. It has now achieved international acclaim. However, because its bilingual performances and multicultural cast challenge cornerstones of Zionism, the mainstream Israeli media constantly debate Gesher's position. Gesher: Russian Theatre in Israel - A Study of Cultural Colonization discusses Gesher's history and analyzes its controversial media reception. What emerges is an extension of postcolonial theory to new cultural contexts, leading to a groundbreaking model of interethnic relations. This book will be of value to scholars of cultural studies and immigration, as well as to anyone interested in contemporary Israeli culture." --Book Jacket.
Author : Samuel Adamson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 32,87 MB
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571318398
No one has recognised Reade Collins in the street for over a decade. Suddenly everyone seems to know who he is again - things are looking up. But there's a flip side to second-hand fame - and Reade discovers that there's more than one way of getting shafted. Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie is a wildly entertaining look at the nature of celebrity. Drink, Dance, Laugh and Lie premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1999.
Author : Ross Ericson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1472531167
“Being on a tightrope is living, everything else is waiting.” When Gary Maddocks rejoins Mike Evans and his Counter IED Team in Afghanistan he is pleased. He has been finding life back home with Emma dull and is impatient to get back to the job he loves, but if he had known what fate had in store for him would he have been so eager? Of course he would: it's like an addiction, and if your luck runs out there's nothing you can do about it, is there? But was it bad luck, faulty equipment, or something worse? Mike has been acting strange lately and Emma appears to be hiding something. When you step on a pressure plate you think you hear the click, or you think you feel it, but you don't know for sure. And you can't know because what you remember . . . well some of it isn't real. Ross Ericson's play Casualties explores how love, friendship and truth are not so certain in the context of war.
