Edgar Plays: One - (Contemporary Dramatists) (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>David Edgar has the rare ability to write big but subtle plays which people want to see.--Independent<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies <p/> <p/>The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs is an adaptation of the famous South African writer's diaries and deals with solitary confinement and loneliness - a remarkable, persuasive picture. (Observer); Mary Barnes is based in a commune in the sixties and focuses on schizophrenia promulgating the theory that schizophrenia can be effectively treated through behaviourist methods alone; Saigon Rose tackles venereal disease and is intriguing and entertaining...Edgar handles his themes - loss of innocence and a sense of betrayal - in a bitty, playful style laced with black comedy (Independent); Oh Fair Jerusalem deals with the black death and Destiny deals with the loss of Empire and the rise of fascism in contemporary Britain A play which astonished me with its intelligence, density, sympathy and finely controlled anger. Dennis Potter (Sunday Times).</p>
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