Scotland Plays : New Scottish Drama

A collection of seven plays by Scottish writers, selected and introduced by Philip Howard, artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.This volume contains:Wormwood by Catherine Czerkawska (Traverse Theatre, 1997)Depicts a family caught up in the Chernobyl disaster.Brothers of Thunder by Ann Marie Di Mambro (Traverse Theatre, 1994)A young, HIV-positive man takes refuge with a Catholic priest.Passing Places by Stephen Greenhorn (Traverse Theatre, 1997)A road movie for the stage.One Way Street by David Greig (Traverse Theatre, 1995)A one-man show set in Berlin.Quelques Fleurs by Liz Lochhead (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 1991)A short two-hander about a childless couple.One Good Beating by Linda McLean (Traverse Theatre, 1999)A blackly comic play about two siblings who take revenge on their bullying father.Lazybed by Iain Crichton Smith (Traverse Theatre, 1997)A man refuses to get out of bed one morning. [Publisher's text]

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