Balkan Plots - Visniec, Matei; Romcevic, Nebojsa; Spiro, Gyorgy
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Balkan Plots: Plays From Central And Eastern Europe Introduced by Gina Landor This unique collection features four new plays about war, tyranny and discrimination by Eastern and Central European writers. Includes the plays: "The Body of a Woman as a battlefield in the Bosnian war" by Matei Visniec, "Cordon" by Nebojsa Romcevic, "When I want to whistle, I whistle..." by Andreea V¿lean and "Soap Opera" by György Spiró. The title of this volume alludes to the history of political double-dealing in a troubled region within southern Europe, surrounded by the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Seas. G.B.…mehr

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Balkan Plots: Plays From Central And Eastern Europe Introduced by Gina Landor This unique collection features four new plays about war, tyranny and discrimination by Eastern and Central European writers. Includes the plays: "The Body of a Woman as a battlefield in the Bosnian war" by Matei Visniec, "Cordon" by Nebojsa Romcevic, "When I want to whistle, I whistle..." by Andreea V¿lean and "Soap Opera" by György Spiró. The title of this volume alludes to the history of political double-dealing in a troubled region within southern Europe, surrounded by the Adriatic, Aegean and Black Seas. G.B. Shaw wrote "Arms and The Man" about a small Balkan plot in the 19th century. It's in this tradition, rather than in a geographical sense that we use the title "Balkan Plots". The plays in this volume are dramatic works which have emerged from, or which take as their subject matter, the struggle of individuals within societies affected by recent political upheaval. The writers explore aspects of freedom and rebellion, ethnicity and discrimination, loyalty and betrayal in situations where conventional attitudes and beliefs are severely tested. In some plays, the conflict is between traditional socialist attitudes and western capitalism. In others, the values and beliefs of the younger generation collide with and challenge those of the older generation. Within each of the plays, the way in which the personal and the political interacts, is very much in evidence. The Plays The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield in the Bosnian War by Matei Visniec, translated by Alison Sinclair: Two women meet in the aftermath of the Bosnian War. Both are struggling to find release from their inner battlefields. "Incontestably one of the best, the most powerful plays of the Avignon Festival." La Gazette Provencale Cordon by Nebojsa Romcevic, translated by Sladjana Vujovic: A group of Special Police in Belgrade incite a riot at a peaceful protest, maliciously beating a student. A harsh indictment of the brutality and corruption of the Milosevic regime. Banned throughout Yugoslavia. The film adaptation won the 2003 Montreal Film Festival. When I Want to Whistle, I Whistle... by Andreea V¿lean, translated by Cheryl Robson and Claudiu Trandafir: A female student visits a youth Detention Centre for a research project. Her interviewing of three young offenders has disastrous consequences for all involved. Soap Opera by György Spiró, translated by Andrew Bock: A salesman wants to sign a woman up for a Jewish reparations scheme. The play raises questions about Western methods of compensation for war crimes.
Autorenporträt
Matei Visniec born in 1956 in Romania, now settled in Paris, working as a journalist at Radio France International. In Romania, he studied history and philosophy, before writing for the theatre in 1977. During the following 10 years, he wrote some 20 plays, but all of them were banned by the Romanian censors. In 1987 he was invited to France by a literary foundation and he asked for political asylum. Since then, he has been writing mostly in French and he has received French nationality. After the fall of communism in Romania in December 1989, Visniec became the most performed playwright in the country, with more than 20 plays staged in Bucharest and other towns. In October 1996, the National Theatre of Timisoara, organised a Visniec Festival with 12 companies presenting his plays. His international audience as a playwright started in 1992 with the play Horses at the Windows, performed in France and Clown Wanted at the Bonner Biennale in Germany. Since then, more than 10 of his plays have been performed in France: Théâtre Guichet Montparn-asse, Studio des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre du Rond-Point de Champs Elysées- Paris, Théâtre de l'Utopie- La Rochelle, Compagnie Pli Urgent -Lyon and Théâtre le Jodel -Avignon, Théâtre de Lenche and Théâtre de la Minoterie - Marseille, Compagnie Nice- Théâtre Vivant-Nice etc. 1999 Drama Award of the Romanian Union of Writers, 1998 Drama Award of the Academy of Romania, 1995 and 1996 Award Avignon-off at the Avignon Theatre Festival. 1994 Award of the S.A.C.D. for The story of pandas... 1991 Award for Clown Wanted, best play of the year in Romania.