Peter Barnes

Dreaming (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A haunting and brutally funny story of heroism and human values

In the bloody aftermath of the Wars of the Roses, Captain John Mallory leads a band of renegades across a war-torn landscape on a breathtaking quest in search of a dream - a dream of home. Dreaming premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in March 1999 before moving to the West End.

"Peter Barnes is one of the unrecognised geniuses of the English theatre" (Plays and Players)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408177570
• Artikelnr.: 44755454

Autorenporträt

Peter Barnes (1931-2004) was a British writer and director whose work includes The Ruling Class (Nottingham and Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1968), Leonardo's Last Supper and Noonday Demons (Open Space Theatre, London, 1969), The Bewitched (RSC, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1974), Laughter! (Royal Court Theatre, 1978), Red Noses (RSC, Barbican, 1985) and Sunsets and Glories (West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, 1990). Over the course of his career he won many awards including the Evening Standard Award, 1969; the John Whiting Award, 1969; the Sony Best Play Award, 1981; the Laurence Olivier Award, 1985; the Royal Television society Award for Best TV Play, 1987; and was nominated for an Oscar in 1993.