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The Grand Gesture de Deborah McAndrew

The Grand Gesture: Modern Plays

Adaptat de Deborah McAndrew
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2013
The world was cruel to Simeon DuffMad and mired in the deepest sloughNobody seemed to give a stuff'bout Simeon, Simeon DuffSimeon Duff is working class, unemployed and desperate. His wife works. He's lost all self-esteem. He's on the scrap heap and wants to end it all . . . and so begins this brilliantly insane comedy about a man on the edge. When word gets out that Duff is going to top himself, a host of ne'er-do-wells crawl out of the woodwork, each wanting to claim his grand gesture for their 'noble cause'. Let's face it, why waste a death? But which cause shall it be . . . love, politics, religion, or the rising price of fish? Will the disillusioned Duff go through with it? Will he really top himself for a dubious cause? Is he worth it? An adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide (1928), The Grand Gesture is a witty satire of lobbyists seeking political control.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472531186
ISBN-10: 1472531183
Pagini: 104
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Seria Modern Plays

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

This is a hilarious, fresh re-interpretation of the 1928 play, which will appeal to young and old audiences alike - with plenty of current references for the contemporary audience to enjoy.

Notă biografică

Deborah McAndrew's first break as a writer came in 2004 when Northern Broadsides produced her adaptation of The Bells by Leopold Lewis. Deborah's adaptation of Oliver Twist (directed by Josette Bushell-Mingo) played at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton as their 2009/10 Christmas show. Her play, Flamingoland, is published by Nick Hern Books and her adaptation of Gogol's A Government Inspector is published by Methuen Drama.

Recenzii

[A] priceless piece of physical comedy . . .
A quick thumbs-up for the latest touring show from Northern Broadsides - a nifty Northern reworking, complete with brass-band accompaniment, of Gogol's A Government Inspector by Deborah McAndrew. Toffee-nosed civil servant . . . plunges into the realm of corrupt local officialdom, to increasingly tangled - if ever more laboured - effect. "He spends the whole time in the pub and pays for everything on expenses - he must be from the Government," runs one typically whip-sharp line. A hoot.
Nikolai Gogol's biting satire on the corruption in Tsarist Russian public life makes an effortless translation to a small modern day Pennine hill town . this campy, brassy update is very funny and very relevant . . . a touch of Yorkshire Noir
. . . lively and immensely likeable.
. . . sharp, sparky and slangy adaptation . . . the laughter has not been lost in translation . . . situations satisfyingly seesaw between gleeful absurdity and gut-wrenching gravity.