The Judas Kiss

Informationen zum Autor David Hare has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for film and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss, The Red Barn, The Moderate Soprano, I'm Not Running and Beat the Devil. For cinema, he has written The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television films include Licking Hitler , the Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill . In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, five of the top hundred were his. Klappentext Describes two pivotal moments: the day Wilde decides to stay in England and face imprisonment, and the night when the lover for whom he risked everything betrays him. This book presents the consequences of an uncompromisingly moral position in a world defined by fear and conformity. The Judas Kiss by David Hare presents the consequences of an uncompromising moral position, as Oscar Wilde´s philosophy leads him on a path to destruction, he decides to stay in England despite facing imprisonment, betrayal and heartbreak. Zusammenfassung Describes two pivotal moments: the day Wilde decides to stay in England and face imprisonment, and the night when the lover for whom he risked everything betrays him. This book presents the consequences of an uncompromisingly moral position in a world defined by fear and conformity.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Hare, Hare David
• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.09.2012
• EAN: 9780571297542
• ISBN: 978-0-571-29754-2
• Seiten: 128
• Abmessung: 126 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Direction & Production, Theatre Studies, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Educational: Drama & performance arts