Arden / D'Arcy Plays: 1

Informationen zum Autor John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy Klappentext This collection brings together some of the best and most frequently performed plays by John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy whose collaboration stems from the political years of the Sixties The Business of Good Government is a nativity play which develops a sense of a disappearing community; Ars Longa Vita Brevis is composed out of children's games and The Royal Pardon tells the story of the adventures of a group of strolling players who fall in with a deserter from the war in Flanders. Other plays in this collection such as Little Gray Home in the West and The Vandaleur's Folly arise from the highly charged political arena of the 1970s in Ireland. Arden and D'Arcy have been consistently interested in using drama to extend the very boundaries of national identity and human freedom.A collection of plays written in collaboration between John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy. The plays featured here include "The Business of Good Government", "Ars Longa Vita Brevis", "Friday's Hiding", "The Royal Pardon", "Vandaleur's Folly" and "The Little Gray Home in the West". Zusammenfassung A collection of plays written in collaboration between John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy. The plays featured here include "The Business of Good Government", "Ars Longa Vita Brevis", "Friday's Hiding", "The Royal Pardon", "Vandaleur's Folly" and "The Little Gray Home in the West".

Product details

• Authors: &apos, Margaretta arcy, John Arden, John D&apos Arden, John D''arcy Arden, Collectif, Margaretta D'Arcy, D'Arcy Margaretta, Michael West
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.1991
• EAN: 9780413649409
• ISBN: 978-0-413-64940-9
• No. of pages: 443
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 32 mm
• Series: World Classics; Contemporary Dramatists
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA / General, Plays, Playscripts