Gasping

The first play written by the popular author of Popcorn, Gasping is a brilliantly funny satire on big business, the media and product exploitation. Lockheart Industries is making serious money, but Sir Chiffley Lockheart needs the buzz that finding a way to make money where none has existed before gives him. Philip, a pushy workaholic executive, suggests selling designer air. Perrier for the nostrils becomes the marketing phenomenon of the decade and millions are quickly made. People start hoarding for a rainy day and oxygen supplies run low. The Third World is plundered, creating a greater divide between the haves and have nots.3 women, 3 men

Zusammenfassung

A satire on big business, the media and product exploitation. Designer air proves to be the marketing phenomenon of the decade, but as demand outstrips supply, Lockheart Industries plunders the Third World for resources. The world is starting to gasp, and only the biggest suckers survive.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ben Elton, Elton Ben
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780573017735
• ISBN: 978-0-573-01773-5
• Seiten: 80
• Serien: Acting Edition S.; Acting Edition S.
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama