New Europe: Plays from the Continent

by Bonnie Marranca (Editor), Malgorzata Semil

New Plays from the Continent is a collection of seven plays that explore issues of terrorism, immigration, youth, globalization, families, and post-communist culture in the years since the fall of the Berlin Wall and expansion of the European Union. It Igor Bauersima, norway.today (Switzerland) ; Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, The Death of the Squirrel-Man (Poland) ; Goran Stefanovski, Hotel Europa (Macedonia); Petr Zelenka, Tales of Ordinary Madness (Czech Republic) ; Roland Schimmelpfennig, Push Up 1-3 (Germany) : Juan Mayorga, Hamlyn (Spain) ; Jon Fosse, Sa ka la (Norway) .

275 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2001

Reviews

[Faith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of this volume, I have read Death of the Squirrel-Man (SUPER weird) and Sa Ka La (which was fine, but nothing to write home about). Will be reading a few more in the coming weeks.


update: Read Hamlyn and Hotel Europa. Hamlyn was interesting and held my attention; but it's subject matter would make many many people uncomfortable. Hotel Europa was my favorite of the plays read from this book (of the four I've mentioned)and I would love to see it staged.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read a play collection before where each play was actually great. What a pleasant surprise!

[Mills College Library]

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