A deeply moving meditation on love, loss and grief, from the author of Clybourne Park.

October 1972. In a city somewhere in the American Midwest, Carla is trying to rebuild her life. Her husband is gone - killed in Vietnam. Now, under the watchful eye of her mother-in-law, she must raise her young son whilst struggling to avoid the sympathy of her local community. But everything changes with the unexpected arrival of a soldier on her doorstep.

'[A] searing acid burn of a play... laughs gulped down with horror' - Exeunt Magazine

'Unpicks the rawest of human emotions... [Norris] artfully slices his way through the dialogue with humour and wit' - Whatsonstage.com

'It bubbles with anger... excruciatingly funny dialogue' - Financial Times

'An abiding mixture of laughter and deep sadness' - British Theatre Guide

'A cracking play... with a tangible, angry compassion for ordinary Americans touched by foreign wars they barely comprehend' - Time Out



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Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago. His works include The Pain and the Itch and Clybourne Park, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2011.

Titel
Purple Heart (NHB Modern Plays)
EAN
9781780013299
ISBN
978-1-78001-329-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Altersempfehlung
12 bis 12 Jahre
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
18.05.2015
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
0.14 MB
Anzahl Seiten
300
Jahr
2015
Untertitel
Englisch