A Fight Against...
Published on 9. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
88 pages
978-1-350-18505-0 (ISBN)
Description
"He said, 'The day will come when they don't cut our heads off in front of people.' And I asked him, 'Why?' And he said, 'Because we'll cut them off ourselves.'"
A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico. A woman who won't stop dancing in Peru.
Pablo Manzi's darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. A Fight Against... marks the English-language debut of one of Chile's most significant new voices. It was developed on a residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where it premiered in December 2021 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
A lecturer in Chile. A study group in the USA. A guard in the desert. A hangman in Mexico. A woman who won't stop dancing in Peru.
Pablo Manzi's darkly comic odyssey across the Americas explores whether violence brings us closer together and what it takes to make a community. A Fight Against... marks the English-language debut of one of Chile's most significant new voices. It was developed on a residency at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where it premiered in December 2021 in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
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Pablo Manzi [has] built an international reputation with his witty, sharply political approach * Timeout *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
86 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-18505-0 (9781350185050)
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Pablo Manzi's theatre credits include: Donde Viven los Barbaros (BONOBO/Festival Santiago a Mil, Chile/Festival Adelante, Germany/MIT BH, Brasil/Festival Cadiz, Spain/FIT, Mexico/Temporada Alta, Peru); Tu Amaras (BONOBO/ Festival Santiago a Mil, Chile/Noorderzon, Netherlands/Residency Baryshnikov Art Center, USA/KFDA, Belgium/Triennale de Milano,Italy); Amansadura (BONOBO/Teatro del Puente, Chile/Festival Cielos del Infinito, Chile). Awards include: Chilean Art Critique Organisation Award for Best Playwriting, Municipality of Santiago Award for Best Playwriting, Chilean Council for Arts & Culture Award for Best Playwriting (Donde viven los barbaros).
William Gregory has been translating plays since 2003. He has translated over 100 plays, many of them new works, for theatres and organisations including Royal Court Theatre, the BBC, the Old Vic and the Edinburgh International Festival, and performed around the world.
William Gregory has been translating plays since 2003. He has translated over 100 plays, many of them new works, for theatres and organisations including Royal Court Theatre, the BBC, the Old Vic and the Edinburgh International Festival, and performed around the world.