«'Blasted is undoubtedly a landmark of modern theatre, its moral force at once uncanny and explosive.'»
Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard (London), 29.10.10
This Student Edition of Sarah Kane's seminal play Blasted features expert and helpful annotation and is an accessible guide for anyone studying or performing the play. This includes a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well a list of suggested reading, questions for further study and a review of performance history.
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This Student Edition of Sarah Kane's seminal play Blasted features expert and helpful annotation and is an accessible guide for anyone studying or performing the play. This includes a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well a list of suggested reading, questions for further study and a review of performance history.
In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play Blasted sent shockwaves throughout the theatrical world. Making front-page headlines, the play outraged critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. However, from being roundly condemned by the critics ('this disgusting feast of filth' Daily Mail), the play is now considered a seminal work of European theatre and has defined an entire era of stage writing.
Blasted's canonical status reflects the raw beauty and terror of Kane's writing. Probing the brutality people inflict upon one another, the suffering and violation, the play also looks at the role of love and the redemption it offers. Unafraid to delve into darkness, this is a provocative, fragmenting piece full of significance and power.
Medlemsvurdering:
Inspirert av krigen i Eks-Jugoslavia skildrer Kane her menneskets bestialitet på sitt groveste. Da stykket ble fremført førte det til at publikum kastet tomater på skuespillerne i avsky. Kort fortalt et grusomt plott: En mann har låst seg inne under krigen på et hotellrom med en psykisk utviklingshemmet jente som han tvinger seg til sex med. Mannen blir selv litt senere i en skjebnens ironi torturert og voldtatt av en soldat. Igjen viser Sarah Kane menneskets bestialitet fritt for moral og verdier. Boka er mørk, dyster, besk humor og likevel svært ærlig. Dette er kanskje det stykket som krever sterkest mage av det Kane skrev og anbefales ike sarte sjeler. Likevel, et mesterstykke.
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Detaljer
Forlag
Methuen Drama
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
128
ISBN
9781408103852
Utgivelsesår
2011
Format
20 x 13 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Blasted is undoubtedly a landmark of modern theatre, its moral force at once uncanny and explosive.'»
Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard (London), 29.10.10
«'Kane's play is wild, but artful too.'»
Susannah Clapp, Observer, 31.10.10
«'this is a play of exceptional power and prescience.'»
Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 1.11.10
«'now rightly regarded as a milestone in British theatre.'»
Paul Callan, Daily Express, 5.11.10
«Twenty years after it opened to critical incomprehension and outrage, there's no way that Sarah Kane's Blasted can be dismissed as a naive shocker. It's far too smartly crafted for that. The play wears its magpie borrowings on its sleeve - from Brecht to Beckett to Pinter - and still rings loudly with the clarity of Kane's own bell-like Cassandra voice.»
Guardian
«Blasted emerges yet again as a devastating achievement, a play of furious passion and thrilling theatrical audacity . . . a landmark play of undiminished power.»
The Times
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Cathy –
11.12.2005
– Inspirert av krigen i Eks-Jugoslavia skildrer Kane her menneskets bestialitet på sitt groveste. Da stykket ble fremført førte det til at publikum kastet tomater på skuespillerne i avsky. Kort fortalt et grusomt plott: En mann har låst seg inne under krigen på et hotellrom med en psykisk utviklingshemmet jente som han tvinger seg til sex med. Mannen blir selv litt senere i en skjebnens ironi torturert og voldtatt av en soldat. Igjen viser Sarah Kane menneskets bestialitet fritt for moral og verdier. Boka er mørk, dyster, besk humor og likevel svært ærlig. Dette er kanskje det stykket som krever sterkest mage av det Kane skrev og anbefales ike sarte sjeler. Likevel, et mesterstykke.
