Children of Fate (Hechos Consumados)

Children of Fate was written in 1981 and is a fascinating, passionate and humorous testament to the forgotten lives of the dispossessed and marginalised in General Pinochet''s Chile. 2013 is the fortieth anniversary of the year Pinochet seized power in a vicious coup.>

About the author

Robert Shaw is a theatre director, writer and translator. His theatre productions include Teddy and Topsy, his own play based on Isadora Duncan's love letters to Gordon Craig (London and Edinburgh), Poem Without a Hero by Anna Akhmatova, translated by D M Thomas, Sylvia Plath's only play Three Women (London, Edinburgh and New York), his adaptation of James Kennaway's experimental 1960s novel Some Gorgeous Accident (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh) and his translations of Fermín Cabal’s Tejas Verdes and ¡shoot! and Paloma Pedrero’s play Ana in Love, about the Madrid terrorist bombings.

Product details

• Authors: Juan Radrigan, Juan Radrigán
• Assisted by: Robert Shaw (Translation), Robert (Author) Shaw (Translation)
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2013
• EAN: 9781783190737
• ISBN: 978-1-78319-073-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Series: Oberon Modern Plays; Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Portugal, Latin America, Spain, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, DRAMA / Caribbean & Latin American, DRAMA / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Ireland, Caribbean islands, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Plays, Playscripts, Hispanic & Latino Studies