Plays One: Scenes from an Execution, Victory, The Europeans, The Possibilities: WITH Scenes from an Execution AND Victory, AND the Europeans AND the Possibilities (Oberon Modern Playwrights)

by HowardBarker (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $17.40

  The first volume in Oberon's new edition of Howard Barker's plays, this includes some of his most acclaimed work. A forthright discussion of the role of the artist in society, Scenes from an Execution is set in the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto. Victory follows the story of a widow seeking to reinvent herself in the aftermath of the civil war. The Europeans takes place in 1683 after the siege of Vienna and is a tragic meditation on the everlasting conflict between Christianity and Islam. The Possibilities are ten short plays that weigh the advantages of surrender and resistance in a chaotic world...