Realism (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Neilson, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408157187 ISBN 13: 9781408157183

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2012

Synopsis

A lazy Saturday for Stuart? With interruptions from a radio panel show, a threesome, the Black and White Minstrels, a nagging mother and a mouthy cat - no chance. Luckily, none of them know what he's thinking . . .

Realism is an exquisite, surreal trip inside the mind of one man during an ordinary day. However, it veers off from the commonplace to become a deliriously comic trip inside his wayward imagination. Dreams and daydreams are brought to life to hilarious effect exposing the faultlines between everyday life and the world of the imagination in which fantasies ignore conventions of taste and political correctness.

This is Anthony Neilson's follow-up to his multi award-winning The Wonderful World of Dissocia. The text was published to coincide with its English premiere at the Soho Theatre in June 2011.

About this title

Book Description:

Neilson's tragi-comic play about the bizarre fantasies and daydreams of a man during an average day delighted audiences at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006 and was published for its English premiere in June 2011.

About the Author:

Renowned for his pioneering, ground-breaking and imaginative new work, Anthony Neilson is one of the most prominent voices in British theatre. His plays include Penetrator, Heredity, The Lying Kind and The Censor, which won the Writers Guild and Time Out Award (all for the Royal Court). His other work includes Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness (Headlong Theatre), Stitching (The Traverse, The Bush - Time Out Off West End Award) and Normal (Edinburgh Festival). His films include The Debt Collector and Deeper Still.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408157187
• ISBN 13: 9781408157183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80