Almost Nothing & At the Table
Two plays
Published on 15. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-85459-790-8 (ISBN)
Description
Two tense and unnerving short plays from talented Brazilian playwright, Marcos Barbosa.
In Almost Nothing, Antonio and Sara are being playful as they prepare to go to bed, but they cannot ignore what lurks outside. In a world where a life can mean almost nothing, just how far does one have to go to keep the demons at bay?
In At the Table, six men's lives collide in a web of fear, duty and responsibility. Encounters twenty years apart show the reverberations from an undisclosed incident as Luis and Marcio try to come to terms with their past.
The two plays were premiered, in English translations by Mark O'Thomas, in a double bill at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2004.
In Almost Nothing, Antonio and Sara are being playful as they prepare to go to bed, but they cannot ignore what lurks outside. In a world where a life can mean almost nothing, just how far does one have to go to keep the demons at bay?
In At the Table, six men's lives collide in a web of fear, duty and responsibility. Encounters twenty years apart show the reverberations from an undisclosed incident as Luis and Marcio try to come to terms with their past.
The two plays were premiered, in English translations by Mark O'Thomas, in a double bill at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2004.
Reviews / Votes
'You can't see Marcos Barbosa's double bill without knowing that the theatre has discovered and developed a young Brazilian dramatist of considerable potential' * The Times * 'Wonderful... Barbosa strikes me as a hot, highly individual new talent' * Evening Standard *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
94 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-790-8 (9781854597908)
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Persons
Marcos Barbosa took part in a writers' group run by the Royal Court in his native city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2001. A short play of his was read at the Court in 2002, when he attended their International Residency. Almost Nothing premiered at the Teatro Popular in Sao Paulo in Sept 2003.