Nick Dear Plays 1: Art of Success; In the Ruins; Zenobia; Turn of the Screw

Nick Dear Plays 1: Art of Success; In the Ruins; Zenobia; Turn of the Screw
Author: Nick Dear
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571318436

This first collection of Nick Dear's work for the stage displays the breadth and achievement of one of the most talented and inventive dramatists writing in Britain today. The volume contains two of his re-workings of eighteenth-century history, The Art of Success and In the Ruins, his intelligent and original political parable Zenobia and his chilling adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw.

The Last Days of Don Juan

The Last Days of Don Juan
Author: Tirso de Molina
Publisher: Oberon Books
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1990
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Perhaps better known as 'The Trickster of Seville', this is the first great treatment of the Juan Tenorio legend. The depravity of Don Juan reaches new depths with each seduction he plans, until he receives his just reward in the horrigying final scenes.

Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Author: Nick Dear
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2011-02-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571277225

Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal.Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, adapted for the stage by Nick Dear, premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2011.

The Hogarth Plays

The Hogarth Plays
Author: Nick Dear
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2018-10-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0571350178

The Hogarth Plays catch one of England's most celebrated artists at two crucial points in his career: once at the beginning, and once at the end. In The Art of Success the events of ten tumultuous years are compressed into a single night, as newlywed William Hogarth makes his way through eighteenth-century London's high society and its debauched underworld. The play was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, in 1986. A world premiere, The Taste of the Town begins in Chiswick some thirty years later. Hogarth, now a famous artist, is still at odds with the world, and with his wife. Facing public ridicule for what he considers his finest painting, he goes looking for one last fight. Nick Dear's double-bill premiered at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, London in September 2018.

The Dark Earth and the Light Sky

The Dark Earth and the Light Sky
Author: Nick Dear
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2012-11-20
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571290760

Deep in the Hampshire countryside Edward Thomas, disaffected husband, exhausted father and tormented writer, scrapes a living. In 1913 he meets American poet Robert Frost and everything changes. As their friendship blossoms Edward writes, emerging from his cocoon of self-doubt into one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. But he makes the drastic decision to enlist, confounding his friends and family. The Dark Earth and the Light Sky, which premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in November 2012, delves into the life of this enigmatic and complex character in an era of change and destruction.

International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004

International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004
Author: Europa Publications
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781857431797

Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters