Palace of the End
1st Edition
Published on 22. October 2015
64 pages
978-1-84943-914-5 (ISBN)
Description
A searing triptych of three monologues all exposing the ugly truth behind the headlines of the current situation in Iraq.
In America, a disgraced female soldier defends the chaotic events that took place in Abu Ghraib prison. In England, weapons inspector David Kelly confronts the human consequences of lies that spiralled out of control. And in Baghdad, a mother tells the story of a country that no longer exists. This gripping play strips away the modern myths of war to imagine three people who are all, in different ways, preparing to take their place in history...
In America, a disgraced female soldier defends the chaotic events that took place in Abu Ghraib prison. In England, weapons inspector David Kelly confronts the human consequences of lies that spiralled out of control. And in Baghdad, a mother tells the story of a country that no longer exists. This gripping play strips away the modern myths of war to imagine three people who are all, in different ways, preparing to take their place in history...
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-84943-914-5 (9781849439145)
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Person
Judith Thompson is the author of The Crackwalker, White Biting Dog,
I Am Yours, Lion in the Streets, Sled, Perfect Pie, Habitat, Capture Me,
and Enoch Arden in the Hope Shelter. She has written two feature fi lms Lost and Delirious and Perfect Pie as well as television movies and radio drama. Her work has enjoyed great success internationally.
She is the recipient of the 2007 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. In 2008, Judith was presented with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for the best play in the English language written by a woman for Palace of the End. She is a professor of drama at the University of Guelph, and currently lives with her husband and five children in Toronto.
I Am Yours, Lion in the Streets, Sled, Perfect Pie, Habitat, Capture Me,
and Enoch Arden in the Hope Shelter. She has written two feature fi lms Lost and Delirious and Perfect Pie as well as television movies and radio drama. Her work has enjoyed great success internationally.
She is the recipient of the 2007 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. In 2008, Judith was presented with the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for the best play in the English language written by a woman for Palace of the End. She is a professor of drama at the University of Guelph, and currently lives with her husband and five children in Toronto.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Palace of the End
- Act One - Music over:.
