Description
Book SynopsisBalkan Plots: Plays From Central And Eastern Europe
Introduced by Gina Landor
This unique collection features four new plays about war, tyranny and discrimination by Eastern and Central European writers. Includes the plays: The Body of a Woman as a battlefield in the Bosnian war by Matei Visniec, Cordon by Nebojsa Romcevic, When I want to whistle, I whistle... by Andreea Valean and Soap Opera by György Spiró.
The title of this volume alludes to the history of political double-dealing in a troubled region within southern Europe, surrounded by the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Seas. G.B. Shaw wrote Arms and The Man about a small Balkan plot in the 19th century. It''s in this tradition, rather than in a geographical sense that we use the title Balkan Plots. The plays in this volume are dramatic works which have emerged from, or which take as their subject matter, the struggle of individuals within societies affected by recent political upheaval.
Trade Review
“Incontestably one of the best, the most powerful plays of the Avignon Festival.” La Gazette Provencale
Table of Contents
Introduction by Gina Landor 7 The Body of a Woman as a battlefield in the Bosnian war by Matei Visniec translated by Alison Sinclair 14 Cordon by Nebojsa Romcevic translated by Sladjana Vujovic 66 When I want to whistle, I whistle… by Andreea Vălean translated by Cheryl Robson and Claudiu Trandafir 106 Soap Opera by György Spiró translated by Andrew Bock 132
