Blasted (Modern Plays)

Blasted (Modern Plays)

by SarahKane (Author)

Synopsis

In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play Blasted opened. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. sheer unadulterated brutalism Evening Standard

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Edition: New Edition - New
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 29 Mar 2001

ISBN 10: 0413766209
ISBN 13: 9780413766205
Book Overview: Other works by the author: Phaedra's Love ; Cleansed ; Crave ; and 4.48 Psychosis .

Media Reviews
'Kane wrote simply and starkly about the world she saw around her...a mature and vividly theatrical response to the pain of living' Guardian; 'I do not think I've yet seen a play that can beat Sarah Kane's sustained onslaught on the sensibilities for sheer, unadulterated brutalism' Evening Standard
Author Bio
Sarah Kane studied at Bristol and Birmingham universities. Recognised as a highly influential new vo ice in European theatre, her work was championed by the Royal Court. She died in February 1999, aged 28.