Pity / Rory Mullarkey.
Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidence. Don't forget the lightning strike. A normal day. A person stands in the market square watching the world go by. What happens next verges on the ridiculous. There's ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. Candles. Blood. Lightning...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Methuen Drama : Bloomsbury Publishing,
2018.
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| Summary: | Two bombs in one day is a foul coincidence. Don't forget the lightning strike. A normal day. A person stands in the market square watching the world go by. What happens next verges on the ridiculous. There's ice cream. Sunshine. Shops. Some dogs. A wedding. Bombs. Candles. Blood. Lightning. Sandwiches. Snipers. Looting. Gunshots. Babies. Actors. Azaleas. Famine. Fountains. Statues. Atrocities. And tanks. (Probably). Rory Mullarkey's new play asks whether things really are getting worse. And if we care. |
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| Item Description: | "Modern Plays." Scenes: 3. Roles: Male (4) , Female (2) , Neutral (25) Theme: Violence; Society; State of the nation; War. Genre: Comedy; Canadian drama; British drama; One-act play; Ensemble; Surrealist drama; Tragicomedy. Period: 2011-2020; Contemporary. Place: United Kingdom. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350093904.00000009 |