Birdland (Modern Plays)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K1DX1RK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 594 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Awards include the Pearson Award for Best New Play, 2001, for Port; Olivier Award for Best New Play for On the Shore of the Wide World, 2005; and for Motortown German critics in Theater Heute's annual poll voted him Best Foreign Playwright, 2007.. His radio plays include Five Letters Home to Elizabeth (BBC Radio 4, 2001) and Digging (BBC Radio 4, 2003). Sim
Whatever he wants he can have. Aren't they?The last week of a massive international tour and rock star Paul is at the height of his fame. He can screw anybody he wants to. Material worth. Everybody knows his name. All worth can be quantified. Isn't it? Some clothes are better than other clothes. Human worth. As the inevitability of the end of the road looms closer and a return home becomes a reality, for Paul the music is starting to jar.Birdland received its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs on 3 April 2014.. Everything. Smoke anything. He can buy anything he desires. He can eat anything. Artistic worth. Some food is simply better than other food. Go anywhere. Drink anything. Everything can be quantified
* Financial Times * even if the message is familiar, the writing takes you inside the scrabbled brain of Birdland's damaged hero his play's strength lies in its ambivalence towards its main character: Paul may behave like a latter-day Nero, but he shows signs of a redemptive intelligence and is acutely aware of the loss of identity that comes from being constantly in the public gaze. * Guardian * the extraordinary quality of his sharp writing nails Paul's near schizophrenic contradictions, his tactlessness, his intelligence * Mail on Sunday * . * Time Out London * Stephens nails the mix of lascivious bully and childlike innocent in a man living beyond boundaries Stephens can certainly craft a line * The Times * One of Simon Stephens' strength as a playwright is his ability to create amoral ogres who are c