Eastern Promise: seven plays from Central and Eastern Europe
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This collection of award-winning plays features works from the cutting edge of Central and Eastern European theatre.
With a foreword by Gerald Lidstone, Eastern Promise brings together seven women writers who have all experienced living at a time when their countries were part of a larger political entity. For Gabriela Preissova, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the others, the soviet bloc. Some of the moral and political dilemmas their characters face range from the killing of a child, to the betrayal of a comrade, to reinventing oneself as a way of living in exile.
Includes the plays: Belgrade Trilogy, The Tender Mercies, Tulip Doctor, The Chosen Ones, Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter), Nascendo, and The Umbilical Cord.
With a foreword by Gerald Lidstone, Eastern Promise brings together seven women writers who have all experienced living at a time when their countries were part of a larger political entity. For Gabriela Preissova, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the others, the soviet bloc. Some of the moral and political dilemmas their characters face range from the killing of a child, to the betrayal of a comrade, to reinventing oneself as a way of living in exile.
Includes the plays: Belgrade Trilogy, The Tender Mercies, Tulip Doctor, The Chosen Ones, Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter), Nascendo, and The Umbilical Cord.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:095158779X
ISBN13:9780951587799
Release Date:September 1999
Publisher:Aurora Metro Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"
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