Midsummer/All Hallows' Eve
Published on 8. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-84002-336-7 (ISBN)
Description
A library haunted by the sound of Chopin. The temptations of the supernatural. A disjointed family brought together by loss. All Hallows' Eve is a psychological ghost story exploring one of the great taboos. Sisters Francesca and Lucinda are forced to face up to the erotic demons in their past; as they make this dark journey of discovery they will all but destroy each other along the way. Then when Arthur, a limping stranger with a sinister presence, opens Pandora's Box on All Hallows' Eve, the full impact of the past is horrifically brought into the light. All Hallows' Eve is the Autumn play in David Pinner's Seasons Quartet, a series of four plays which invoke the characteristics of the seasons and dramatise their stories in very different ways. The other plays are the comedy Lady Day (Winter), the messianic parable Revelations (Spring) and Midsummer, a modern homage to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84002-336-7 (9781840023367)
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David Pinner trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, after which he appeared on stage and television in many roles. While he was playing the lead in 'The Mousetrap' in the West End, he wrote his first novel 'Ritual'(later made into the film The Wicker Man). He has written two other novels 'With My Body' and 'There'll Always Be An England'. His stage plays include 'Dickon', 'Cartoon', 'Lucifer's Fair', 'Hereward The Wake', 'The Potsdam Quartet', 'Shakebag', 'An Evening With The G.L.C.', 'Screwball', 'Revelations', 'The Teddy Bears' Picnic', 'The Last Englishman', 'The Sins of the Mother', 'Lenin in Love'.