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The Methuen Drama Book of Royal Court Plays 2000-2010
An essential anthology of five plays originally staged by what the New York Times described as "the most important theater in Europe"—The Royal Court.
Enron is an epic satire about the notorius rise and fall of Enron and its founding partners, written by Lucy Prebble. The play premiered in London.
Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge is a touching and comic play about love, war and teaching. First produced in 2000 it was successfully revived on the West End a decade later and has become a turn-of-the-century classic.
Roy Williams' play Fallout was written in response to the killing of Damilola Taylor and the McPherson report into racism in the Metropolitan Police. Exhilarating and shattering, it is an essential play exploring how black teenagers are drawn into violence and mutual mistrust.
Challenging and uncomfortable, Motortown is about the 'war on terror' and the war in Iraq. Described as "an instant modern classic, the first major anti-anti-war play of this era" (What's on Stage) Simon Stephens' play examines the effects of the war on individuals and a nation lacking a moral compass.
Mike Bartlett emerged as one of the most exciting young writers of recent times when his play My Child premiered in 2007. A play about fatherhood, broken families and what it means to be a good parent, it was heaped with praise: "Brutal, thrilling... unmissable"—Evening Standard
Enron is an epic satire about the notorius rise and fall of Enron and its founding partners, written by Lucy Prebble. The play premiered in London.
Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge is a touching and comic play about love, war and teaching. First produced in 2000 it was successfully revived on the West End a decade later and has become a turn-of-the-century classic.
Roy Williams' play Fallout was written in response to the killing of Damilola Taylor and the McPherson report into racism in the Metropolitan Police. Exhilarating and shattering, it is an essential play exploring how black teenagers are drawn into violence and mutual mistrust.
Challenging and uncomfortable, Motortown is about the 'war on terror' and the war in Iraq. Described as "an instant modern classic, the first major anti-anti-war play of this era" (What's on Stage) Simon Stephens' play examines the effects of the war on individuals and a nation lacking a moral compass.
Mike Bartlett emerged as one of the most exciting young writers of recent times when his play My Child premiered in 2007. A play about fatherhood, broken families and what it means to be a good parent, it was heaped with praise: "Brutal, thrilling... unmissable"—Evening Standard
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464 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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July 11, 2017
Ultimately enjoyable with several very good plays; not as risk taking or form breaking as I would've liked, and definitely feel a similar bleakish masculine naturalistic undergirding most of these.
September 3, 2023
Plays from Lucy Prebble, David Eldridge, Roy Williams, Simon Stephens, and Mike Bartlett. Reading this collection took me back to drama school, when these writers scenes were being used over and over again. These are some of the great writers of our time but I’d never read any of these plays.
I think my particular favourite was Enron with its ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ characters it’s fun to know she went on to write for Succession. Reading Under the Blue Sky was in a very similar vein to the first Eldridge play I saw at the Dorfman The Beginning he does a great job of writing the intricacies of relationships. I hadn’t heard of Roy Williams before but I enjoyed Fallout as a look at systemic police racism but also internalised racism. Simon Stephen’s Motortown surprised me with its in your face shock factor I felt like I was reading a Mark Ravenhill play. I must admit Mike Bartlett’s was totally forgettable.
I think my particular favourite was Enron with its ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ characters it’s fun to know she went on to write for Succession. Reading Under the Blue Sky was in a very similar vein to the first Eldridge play I saw at the Dorfman The Beginning he does a great job of writing the intricacies of relationships. I hadn’t heard of Roy Williams before but I enjoyed Fallout as a look at systemic police racism but also internalised racism. Simon Stephen’s Motortown surprised me with its in your face shock factor I felt like I was reading a Mark Ravenhill play. I must admit Mike Bartlett’s was totally forgettable.
May 4, 2015
awesome
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