POLIAKOFF: PLAYS ONE (World Dramatists Series)

By Stephen Poliakoff

''Stephen Poliakoff 'has been one of our sharpest and least predictable writers for the past twenty years' '(Daily Telegraph) Clever Soldiers- 'is a thoughtful play about violence' (Times) which attacks the mythology of Oxbridge against the background of war; Hitting Town, a powerful play about incest is a riveting piece of theatre.'a stupendous achievement' (Sunday Telegraph); City Sugar- 'A savage dissection of that pristine slagheap of Our Times - mass culture' (Time Out); Shout Across the River- traces the progress of a passionate and extraordinary relationship between a young mother and her teenage daughter played against the background of a vast suburb of south London; American Days- Into the escapist limbo of a top record company executive's office tumble three teenagers, spotted by an insecure talent scout and now given a hit or miss chance to impress.'Poliakoff has the dramatic ability to make you care very much.a completely enjoyable play' (Financial Times); Strawberry Fields is about three young members of the 'lost generation' of the sixties- 'Imaginative and controversial.a sort of Pinteresque fantasy with thriller overtones.' (Plays and Players)''

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413624609
• ISBN13: 9780413624604
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.3" x 4.5"