When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece and a 'disgusting piece of filth' (Daily Mail). Subsequently that play, and the others that followed, have been produced all over the world. This anthology includes Kane's never-before-published Channel[...]
A study of young people and their attitudes towards sex, sexuality and trans-sexuality, by the author of "Blasted". Set in an unnamed city from which voices and images spring, "Crave" charts the disintegration of a human mind under the pressures of love, loss and desire.[...]
This stunning play from the controversial author of Blasted premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London in spring 1998 A provocative play from the notorious author of Blasted, which probes the nightmarish world of twenty-somethings coming to grips with sexuality, social ostracism and the effects of[...]
4.48 Psychosis was written throughout the autumn and winter of 1998-99 as Kane battled with one of her recurrent bouts of depression. On February 20, 1999, aged 28, the playwright committed suicide. On the page, the piece looks like a poem. No characters are named, and even their number is unspecifi[...]
A collection of the most important plays of the 1980s and 1990s in one volume, the first in a series of anthologies celebrating landmarks of world drama. It is aimed at structuring college and university courses[...]
A play which contains an uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself.[...]
A reworking of classical myth, this harrowing play is a brutal exposure of love at its most impure and dangerous.[...]
Blasted brought Sarah Kane to the theatre pages of the broadsheets, the front pages of the tabloids, and to the notice of the nation. Love me or kill me is the first study of the most significant British dramatist in post-war theatre. It covers all Kane's major plays and productions, contains hither[...]
Accessible informative critical introduction Sarah Kane's Blasted, a key play for nineties theatre.
"Everything passes/Everything perishes/Everything palls" - 4.48 PsychosisHow on earth do you award aesthetic points to a 75-minute suicide note? The question comes from a review of 4.48 Psychosis' inaugural production, the year after Sarah Kane took her own life, but this book explores the ways in w[...]
A student edition of Sarah Kane's seminal play with its uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself. The Introduction includes a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters and[...]
Tittelen refererer til den tiden på døgnet hvor flest ender livet sitt. Dette er et mørkt drama som fremstiller smerten til det depressive og suicidale mennesket. Vi følger jentas refleksjoner som veksler mellom selvhat og skyldfølelse, og paranoid raseri.[...]