Fragile!
Published on 15. August 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-990-2 (ISBN)
Description
A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe. The first play in English by an award-winning writer who is well-known in her native Croatia.
London 2007: an aspiring actress from Croatia, a Serbian stand-up comedian, a Bulgarian mafioso, a Norwegian journalist, a sex-trafficking victim... Big city, big dreams, big fall.
Tena Stivicic's play Fragile! was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in September 2007.
London 2007: an aspiring actress from Croatia, a Serbian stand-up comedian, a Bulgarian mafioso, a Norwegian journalist, a sex-trafficking victim... Big city, big dreams, big fall.
Tena Stivicic's play Fragile! was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in September 2007.
Reviews / Votes
'A real find... an acute ear for the subtleties of language... strongly recommended' * The Times * 'Powerfully depicts the real lives behind the new wave of eastern European immigration to the capital' * Time Out *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
120 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-990-2 (9781854599902)
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Person
Tena Stivicic was born in Croatia. Her plays have been produced and published in several European countries and translated and published in many languages. She lives in London and writes in English and Croatian.