Plays, Prose, Pieces, Poetry - presented by Richard Ayoade

The defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber. Comprising Hughes''s monumental works for the stage, poetry, lyrics, interviews, acceptance speeches, written warnings and wordless sketches, this essential volume includes extensive critical reflections by leading critics Augustus Pink, Chloe Clifton-Wright, Richard Ayoade, Leslie Francis (director of . . . And?! ), and Hughes''s final wife, Lady Virginia Lovilocke. Plays, Prose, Pieces, Poetry collects together, for the first time, the dramas that made Hughes''s name adjectival, in all new fonts, and exhaustively punctuated according to the instructions left in his last will and testament. Platform Table Roast Roost Prompt Shunt Flight Dependence See why some people are still calling Hughes ''the loudest playwright of his generation''.

Summary

Richard Ayoade edits and introduces this defining work of the great midcentury visionary of stage and screen -- rediscovered and republished by Faber & Faber.

Product details

• Authors: Harauld Hughes
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2024
• EAN: 9780571393084
• ISBN: 978-0-571-39308-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; POETRY / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Screenwriting, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, Television screenplays, scripts and performances, Film, television, radio and performing arts: companion works, Richard Ayoade; The Unfinished Harauld Hughes