Rita Sue And Bob Too

Author : Andrea Dunbar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350184985

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar Pdf

“A bleak and brilliant testament to a life of fleeting pleasure and diminished expectations ... a play of sharp observation, a document of its times.” The Guardian Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling each of them think they control. Andrea Dunbar's semi-autobiographical play, written for the Royal Court Theatre in 1982 when she was just 19, is a vivid portrait of girls caught between brutal childhood and an unpromising future, both hungry for adult adventure. Told with wicked humour, startling insight and a great ear for dialogue, Rita Sue and Bob Too offers an unwavering portrait of a world of limitations and urban desolation. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Katie Beswick.

Author : Adelle Stripe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350135949

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Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Adelle Stripe Pdf

Writing is the hardest thing I've done. It's a grind. You see me up here and you think I've made it. But it's not all it's cracked up to be. The Beacon, Buttershaw 1990. Andrea Dunbar, acclaimed writer of Rita, Sue, and Bob Too, mum, sister, best friend, is struggling with her latest work. Her aching head is full of voices, stories from her past which have to be heard... A bittersweet tale of the north/south divide, it reveals how a shy teenage girl defied the circumstances into which she was born and went on to become one of her generation's greatest dramatists. Adelle Stripe's 'outstanding debut novel' of Andrea Dunbar's life is adapted for the stage by Lisa Holdsworth. This edition was published to coincide with the stage premiere at the Ambassador Theatre, Bradford in May 2019.

Author : Andrea Dunbar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-26
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350184992

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar Pdf

“A bleak and brilliant testament to a life of fleeting pleasure and diminished expectations ... a play of sharp observation, a document of its times.” The Guardian Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling each of them think they control. Andrea Dunbar's semi-autobiographical play, written for the Royal Court Theatre in 1982 when she was just 19, is a vivid portrait of girls caught between brutal childhood and an unpromising future, both hungry for adult adventure. Told with wicked humour, startling insight and a great ear for dialogue, Rita Sue and Bob Too offers an unwavering portrait of a world of limitations and urban desolation. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Katie Beswick.

Author : Richard T. Kelly
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571278862

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Alan Clarke by Richard T. Kelly Pdf

An unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke. Yet Clarke enjoyed only a vague renown among the public, even though some of his most incendiary productions - Scum, The Firm, Made in Britain - attracted great controversy. But he was greatly admired by his fellow professionals: 'He became the best of all of us', Stephen Frears observed after Clarke's untimely death in 1990. In his work Clarke explored working-class lives and left-wing themes with unflinching directness and humour. He forged alliances with gifted writers and producers, and his facility for encouraging stunning performaces (from Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Ray Winstone) made him a hero amongst actors. As a man, Clarke's wit, vigour and generosity were legendary. Yet he retained a privacy which made him enigmatic and imbued his work with much of its austere radiance. This volume is a tribute to Clarke, made out of the thoughts and memories of those who worked with him and knew him best, and includes a celebatory essay by eminent critic, David Thomson.

Author : George Costigan
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504069854

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The Soldier's Home by George Costigan Pdf

The follow-up to The Single Soldier: A powerful novel set in a small French village as one man is caught between war and peace, heartache and hope . . . The Germans have left, the war is over, and his home has been rebuilt—but a home is just a set of empty rooms without people and love. Around him, the community tries to rekindle their lives, and rediscover their reasons for surviving. As the soldier waits for the return of his love, the world keeps moving, threatening to leave his hopes and dreams behind—and his soul remains troubled, until peace finally arrives from a very unexpected source . . . Praise for The Single Soldier: “Magnificent.” —Willy Russell, author of Blood Brothers and Educating Rita

Author : David Forrest
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474413046

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New Realism by David Forrest Pdf

The tradition of British realism has changed dramatically over the last 20 years, where films by directors such as Duane Hopkins, Joanna Hogg, Andrea Arnold, Shane Meadows and Clio Barnard have suggested a markedly poetic turn. This new realism rejects the instrumentalism and didacticism of filmmakers like Ken Loach in favour of lyrical and often ambiguous encounters with place, where the physical processes of lived experience interacts with the rhythms of everyday life. Taking these 5 filmmakers as case studies, this book seeks to explore in depth this new tradition of British cinema - and in the process, it reignites debates over realism that have concerned scholars for decades.

Author : Anoushka Warden
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781786824080

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My Mum's a Twat by Anoushka Warden Pdf

Have you ever tried to sustain a relationship with a twat? It's hard work and you need to be completely not a twat yourself if you want any success in this. Which is really hard when you've just started being a teenager. (As if growing up wasn't hard enough already...) I remember thinking if you were 'the chosen' one, why does that mean your dress sense has to be so shit? A celebration of teenage rebellion and resilience. Anoushka Warden's debut play was directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone and Jude Christian.

Author : Alan Cumyn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481439800

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Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend by Alan Cumyn Pdf

Everything changes for a teenaged girl with a perfectly controlled life when she falls for the hot new first-ever interspecies transfer student, a pterodactyl named Pyke.

Author : Caryl Churchill
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350028593

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Top Girls by Caryl Churchill Pdf

Marlene thinks the eighties are going to be stupendous. Her sister Joyce has her doubts. Her daughter Angie is just frightened. Since its premiere in 1982, Top Girls has become a seminal play of the modern theatre. Set during a period of British politics dominated by the presence of the newly elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Churchill's play prompts us to question our notions of women's success and solidarity. Its sharp look at the society and politics of the 1980s is combined with a timeless examination of women's choices and restrictions regarding career and family. This new Student Edition features an introduction by Sophie Bush, Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK prepared with the contemporary student in mind. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains: · A chronology of the play and the playwright's life and work · an introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created · a succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece · an analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text · a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study.

Author : Matthew Harle,James Machin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781907222689

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Of Mud and Flame by Matthew Harle,James Machin Pdf

Exploring Penda's Fen, a 1974 BBC film that achieved mythic status. In 1974, the BBC broadcast the film Penda's Fen, leaving audiences mystified and spellbound. “Make no mistake. We had a major work of television last night,” The Times declared the next morning. Written by the playwright and classicist David Rudkin, the film follows Stephen, an 18-year-old boy, whose identity, sexuality, and suffocating nationalism unravels through a series of strange visions. After its original broadcast, Penda's Fen vanished into unseen mythic status, with only a single rebroadcast in 1990 sustaining its cult following. With a DVD release by the BFI in 2016, Penda's Fen has now become totemic for those interested in Britain's deep history, folklore, and landscape. Of Mud and Flame brings together writers, artists, and historians to excavate and explore this unique cornerstone of Britain's uncanny archive. Contributors include David Rudkin, Sukhdev Sandhu, Roger Luckhurst, Gareth Evan, Adam Scovell, Bethany Whalley, Carl Phelpstead, David Ian Rabey, David Rolinson, Craig Wallace, Daniel O'Donnell Smith, William Fowler, Yvonne Salmon, Andy W. Smith, Carolyne Larrington, John Harle, Timothy J. Jarvis, Tom White, Daniel Eltringham, Joseph Brooker, Gary Budden

Author : Laurence O'Keefe,Keythe Farley,Brian Flemming
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0822218348

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Bat Boy by Laurence O'Keefe,Keythe Farley,Brian Flemming Pdf

Based on a story in the Weekly World News, this is a musical comedy/horror show about a half boy/half bat creature who is discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia.

Author : Max Stafford-Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1780019432

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Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Max Stafford-Clark Pdf

Author : Gracie Gardner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350359673

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Athena by Gracie Gardner Pdf

Why Athena? I guess just like the goddess of strategic warfare and all that. In a New York City fencing club two warriors are ready to battle. Athena and Mary Wallace are training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together. They compete against each other. They spend their lives together. They wish they were friends. From award-winning playwright Gracie Gardner, following an acclaimed extended run in New York, comes a fierce coming-of-age comedy where two teenagers parry class, competition and power as they practice fencing and life. But only one will win - en garde. This edition was published to coincide with the UK premiere at The Yard in London in October 2022.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biographical
ISBN : OCLC:1333071169

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The Arbor by Anonim Pdf

Author : Max Stafford-Clark,Philip Roberts
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015067707235

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Taking Stock by Max Stafford-Clark,Philip Roberts Pdf

Inside accounts of the making of some of the most influential theatre productions of the last four decades. Max Stafford-Clark has been at the cutting edge of theatre in Britain for more than thirty years. Taking Stock draws on diaries, photos and interviews to recreate the evolution of nine of his most famous and influential productions: Fanshen by David Hare Epsom Downs by Howard Brenton Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill Rita, Sue and Bob Too by Andrea Dunbar Serious Money by Caryl Churchill Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry Some Explicit Polaroids by Mark Ravenhill Macbeth by William Shakespeare The result is one of the richest, most intimately informative books on the making of theatre.