Love Freaks (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Heggie, Iain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413772586 ISBN 13: 9780413772589

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2002

Synopsis

A caustic new comedy from the winner of the John Whiting and the Mobile Prize awards, and one of Scotland's most important contemporary playwrights

Set in a modern-day Scotland, this is Iain Heggie's irreverent adaptation of Marivaux's comedy The Double Inconstancy"The dialogue cuts into paradox, swagger and self defence as keenly as a surgeon's knife" - Observer

"Cut-cross dialogue crackles with life; fast, funny foulmouthed" - TES

Love Freaks is published to coincide with its premiere in May 2002 at the Tron Theatre, Edinburgh

About this title

About the Author:

Award-winning playwright Iain Heggie is one of Scotland's leading playwrights. His Mobil prize-winning play, A Wholly Healthy Glasgow (1988), and his John Whiting award-winning play, American Bagpipes (1989), both premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, and were later seen at The Royal Court. His short plays, The Sex Comedies (1993), have been produced many times in London, Scotland, Germany and Austria. His other plays include An Experienced Woman Gives Advice, Don Juan, Love Freaks and Wiping My Mother's Arse.

Review:

“The dialogue cuts into paradox, swagger and self defence as keenly as a surgeon's knife.” ―Observer

“Cut-cross dialogue crackles with life; fast, funny foulmouthed” ―The Evening Standard

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0413772586
• ISBN 13: 9780413772589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 123