Wesker's Comedies (Oberon Modern Playwrights)

ISBN: 1849431280

Author: Wesker, Arnold

Condition: New

Product DescriptionFeatures Weskers newest play Groupie in which 61-year-old Mattie Beancourt, is shocked to discover her idol, the famous painter Mark Gorman, living alone in near poverty. She is sunny, he is a curmudgeon but the impact of their friendship is startling. Also Includes: Wedding Feast, One More Time on the Merry-Go-Round, and The Old Ones.About the AuthorArnold Wesker F.R.S.L was knighted in 2006 for services to drama. He has written over forty-three plays, two opera libretti, various mechanical adaptations; four volumes of short stories, a childrens book, and a novel; two volumes of essays, an autobiography, a diary,and a book on journalism; and recently his first volume of poetry. His plays have been produced in cities from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo, from Paris to Moscow, from Montreal to Zurich, and The Kitchen - his most performed play has been performed yearly somewhere or other around the world for the last fifty years, and recently was revived by The National Theatre in 2011. Arnold Wesker was the recently featured in the Guardian ahead of revivals of his plays Chicken Soup With Barley (The Royal Court) and The Kitchen (The National Theatre): Guardian interview Arnold Wesker