商品簡介
"[A] gloriously rich, mind-expanding three-hour play, which explores the complex relationship between China and America." —The Guardian on Chimerica
"Unflinching . . . theatre that provokes in the best way, without lurid melodrama or sentimentality, but with wit and tenderness . . . demands that we watch and listen." —The Times on it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now
"A cracking piece . . . dramatically gripping . . . a richly absorbing and inventive play." —Telegraph on NSFW
Lucy Kirkwood has swiftly made a name for herself as one of Britain's leading young play wrights and is widely considered to be the natural successor to the great Caryl Churchill. Kirkwood's plays are infused with a sharp wit and a fierce intelligence, taking an unflinching look at the issues affecting our world today. This collection gathers together five of Kirkwood's plays, including Chimerica, Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now, Small Hours and NSFW.
Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include Mosquitoes, The Children, Chimerica, (Evening Standard Award, Laurence Olivier Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Award), small hours, Tinderbox, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (John Whiting Award), Psychogeography, Hedda, and NSFW, among others. She won the inaugural Berlin Lee UK Play wrights Award in 2013.
作者簡介
Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica (Almeida Theatre & West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2013 Evening Standard Best Play Award, the 2014 Critics' Circle Best New Play Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award); NSFW (Royal Court, 2012); small hours (co-written with Ed Hime; Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Beauty and the Beast (with Katie Mitchell; National Theatre, 2010); Bloody Wimmin,as part of Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, 2010); it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Clean Break & Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the 2012 John Whiting Award); Hedda (Gate Theatre, London, 2008); and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008).
She won the inaugural Berlin Lee UK Playwrights Award in 2013.
