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Book SynopsisDavid Ian Rabey is one of the most explosive, pioneering, and erotic playwrights ever to emerge from Wales.
Lovefuries features three of his performance texts that flaut national and personal pressure to keep silent, committing instead to explore the shocking resurgences of life that break through grief. These plays tackle such issues as the nature of the feminine, surviving sexual abuse, and the boundaries of human language and physicality. This unforgettable collection will introduce American audiences to one of the most gifted contemporary playwrights working in Britain.
Trade ReviewPraise for David Ian Rabey
“Stylish and stylistically challenging work. . . . A riveting and explosively physical performance.”—Irish Times
“Breathtaking.”—Theatre in Wales
“The struggle is fierce, suspenseful, and genuinely surprising in its outcome.”—Theatre in Wales
“A gem of concise, meaningful new drama which deserves to be seen more widely as an illustration of the sort of theatre Wales is capable of producing.”—Gill Ogden, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Table of Contents'On Rabey's First Volume, The Wye Plays' - Page 7 'Author's Introduction: All the Rage' - Page 9 - David Ian Rabey 'Lovefuries: Production Details' - Page 17 'The Contracting Sea' - Page 21 - David Ian Rabey 'The Hanging Judge' - Page 43 - David Ian Rabey 'Shattering All Excuse: A Performer's Perspective on The Hanging Judge' - Page 59 - Roger Owen 'Bite or Suck' - David Ian Rabey 'Afterword: The Lurking Truths of the Self' - Page 89 - Karoline Gritzner 'About the Author' - Page 95 'Lurking Truth/Gwir sy'n Llechu Theatre Company' - Page 96
