Description
Book SynopsisStephens writes dramas set in uncaring, uncompromising worlds, whose characters speak in a language at once naturalistic and yet artificially pared-down and whose uncertain attempts to assert their own identities sometimes lead to gratuitous and brutal acts of violence. - Financial TimesA fifth collection of plays by one of Britain''s most prolific contemporary playwrights, Simon Stephens, charting his work from 2011-2016, ranging from London''s Royal Court Theatre, Manchester''s Royal Exchange and Broadway.
Wastwater (2011)
Metaphoric, allusive, and thoroughly disturbing in its evocation of suspicion and uncertainty, Wastwater is a thought-provoking play whose quiet intensity stays with you for days its effect is like that of a ugly stone dropped into a pool, which results in constant ripples of dirty water lapping at your subconscious (Aleks Sierz)
Birdland (2014)
Mega-fame and limitless cash can turn a man into a monster, and Simon Stephens''s new play
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Wastwater; 3. Birdland; 4. Blindsided; 5. Song From Far Away; 6. Heisenberg
