strangers, babies
Will be published approx. on 22. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-977-3 (ISBN)
Description
The chilling story of one woman's desperate attempts at a future that's worth living.
One woman, five men. Mary is the woman in their lives. She ties them together but she's coming undone as a moment in her life is haunting them all.
Linda McLean's play strangers, babies was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in February 2007.
One woman, five men. Mary is the woman in their lives. She ties them together but she's coming undone as a moment in her life is haunting them all.
Linda McLean's play strangers, babies was first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in February 2007.
Reviews / Votes
'Spare, elliptical and troubling' * Guardian * 'Linda McLean's powerful new play about penance, redemption, moving on and the price to be paid for past sins... is an emotional night's theatre that finds a raw nerve at every turn' * Metro *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
109 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-977-3 (9781854599773)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Linda McLean is a Scottish playwright based in Glasgow. Her plays include Glory on Earth, Every Five Minutes, Any Given Day, Sex & God, strangers, babies, Shimmer, Riddance, One Good Beating, Thingummy Bob, and an adaptation of Alice Munro's The View From Castle Rock for Stellar Quines and the EIBF.
Linda was the Creative Fellow at Edinburgh University's Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities in 2011. She was Chair of the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland from 2008-2015, and she is an artistic associate of Magic Theatre, San Francisco.
An anthology of her work, translated into French by Sarah Vermande and Blandine Pelissier, was published in 2015 by Actes Sud-Papiers.
Linda was the Creative Fellow at Edinburgh University's Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities in 2011. She was Chair of the Playwrights' Studio, Scotland from 2008-2015, and she is an artistic associate of Magic Theatre, San Francisco.
An anthology of her work, translated into French by Sarah Vermande and Blandine Pelissier, was published in 2015 by Actes Sud-Papiers.