Nye

One man''s dream of the NHSFrom campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create the NHS, Aneurin ''Nye'' Bevan is often referred to as the politician with greatest influence on our country without ever being Prime Minister.Confronted with death, Nye''s deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Churchill in an epic Welsh fantasia.Tim Price''s surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain''s welfare state premiered at the National Theatre starring Michael Sheen as Nye Bevan. This edition was published to coincide with the original production in February 2023.>

Info autore

Tim Price is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter. His plays include For Once, Salt Root and Roe (winner of Best English Language playwright at the Theatre Critics of Wales Award), Demos, The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning (winner of the James Tait Black prize for drama), I'm With the Band, Protest Song and The Internet Is Serious Business. He is associate playwright at the Traverse theatre and co-founder of Welsh new writing company Dirty Protest.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tim Price
• Editore: Methuen Drama
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.03.2024
• EAN: 9781350471979
• ISBN: 978-1-350-47197-9
• Pagine: 128
• Dimensioni: 124 mm x 196 mm x 8 mm
• Serie: Modern Plays
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Welsh, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights