Black Watch

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Burke was born in Dunfermline in 1968. His plays include Gagarin Way (Traverse/National Theatre, 2001), which won the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award, Best New Play at the TMA Barclays Awards, was joint winner of the Meyer-Whitworth Award and was nominated for the South Bank Show Theatre Award and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play; The Straits (Paines Plough, UK tour, 2003), On Tour (Royal Court Theatre/Liverpool Everyman, 2005), Liar (National Theatre Shell Connections, 2006), Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland, world tour, 2006), which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Play, the South Bank Show Theatre Award in 2007 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2009, and Hoors (Traverse Theatre, 2009). Klappentext Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, this title reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror, and what it means to make the journey home. Black Watch by Gregory Burke is an award-winning exploration of life in the legendary Scottish regiment, fighting the war on terror on the ground in Iraq. Zusammenfassung Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, this title reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror, and what it means to make the journey home.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Burke, Burke Gregory
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780571274901
• ISBN: 978-0-571-27490-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 9 mm
• Series: ff plays; ff plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Scotland, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Theatre Studies, Educational: Drama & performance arts, Military forces & sectors, Military forces and sectors, Educational: Drama and performance arts