
Black Beach
Three Catalan Plays
Parthian Books (Publisher)
Published on 15. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
130 pages
978-1-905762-81-1 (ISBN)
Description
These Catalan plays can perhaps best be seen in contrast to the British tradition of 'state of the nation' and 'in yer face' playwrighting. The plays are somewhat enigmatic and even elliptical. They represent elements of a more 'European' less 'UK' playwrighting style with echoes of early Pinter, maybe David Mercer. There is just a hint of Mark Ravenhill/Sarah Kane but any potential violence is purely implied.The Sales Complete is an apparently non-political work concerned with three characters involved in the selling and buying of an apartment - solitary souls who are lost in the desert of the modern world, seeking an arm to cling on to so that they may be saved. It has a social context but this is subservient to the characters' stilted emotional interaction. A collision between the personal and the political; a past affair that might just rekindle and present corruption in 'the party'. Can he persuade her not to cause trouble for the party leadership or will she ignore the feelings she still has for him to bring the leadership down? "Black Beach" is more naturalistic but even here we are not really told exactly what the politics of 'the party' is.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cardigan
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
159 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-905762-81-1 (9781905762811)
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Persons
Jordi Coca is a leading figure in Catalan culture and literature, working in the fields of narrative fiction, drama, poetry, criticism and translation. Joan Casas has written plays, fiction, poetry and essays and has worked extensively as a translator into Catalan and Spanish. Joan currently teaches dramaturgy and theatre criticism. Lluisa Cunille is the cofounder of the Hungarian Theatre Company. She writes in Catalan and Spanish, and her work has been translated into French, Italian, and English.
Author
Translation
Content
Platja NegraJordi CocaTrans. Richard ThomsonNusJoan CasasTrans: Peter BushLa VendaLluisa CunilleTrans: Laura McGloughlin