David Harrower est un dramaturge écossais dont les premières œuvres ont suscité d'importants éloges de la critique et du public. Son écriture explore les complexités des relations humaines avec une honnêteté émotionnelle brute. Le style distinctif de Harrower se caractérise par son langage poétique et son aperçu pénétrant des profondeurs psychologiques de ses personnages. Ses pièces résonnent auprès du public par leur rigueur intellectuelle et leur impact puissant.
THE STORY: This intense work was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival, where it received its world premiere. Two people who once had a passionate affair meet again fifteen years later. Ray is confronted with his past when Una arrive
Considered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General skewers the stupidity, greed, and venality of Russian provincial officials. When it is announced that the Inspector General is coming to visit incognito, Anton, the chief of police, hastens to clean up the town before his arrival. Local officials scurry to hide evidence of bribe-taking and other misdeeds, setting the stage for the arrival from St. Petersburg of Ivan, a penurious gambler and rake who is promptly taken by the townspeople to be the dreaded Inspector General. Ivan, and his servant, Osip, soon take advantage of the situation with hilarious results. First performed in 1836, the play transcends regional and national boundaries to offer a biting, highly entertaining glimpse of universal human foibles and failings.
When Valerie and Euan's car breaks down in remote countryside near the Antonine Wall they have a problem. With their mobiles left at home and an evening out arranged in Glasgow, they have to find help fast.This comes in the form of Petey and Ida and their twenty-year-old daughter Christine, a farming family who live and breathe the history and traditions of the small area of earth they've made their home. Dark Earth premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in July 2003.
'We've got nothing to learn from anyone. We are who we are. We do what we do. No-one else can touch us' - except, that is, the horrific past of a city where human fat once ran in the gutters, the city ablaze. Homesick, but fame-crazed, a group of Liverpudlian lads are about to become part of Hamburg's history forever.Presence premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in April 2001.
A fable that looks at the transformative power of knowledge and emerging consciousness as a small community moves from a rural to an urban/industrial setting.
A full colour guide to all Wolseley cars built from 1948 until the end of production in 1975. With an informative history, detailed model by model comparisons and technical information it is a comprehensive guide to the later cars.
A full-colour comprehensive guide to all Austin cars built from 1948 until the end of production in the 1990s, with an informative history, detailed model- by-model comparisons and technical information.
Rootes Cars of the 50s, 60s & 70s is the only full-colour comprehensive guide to all Hillman, Humber, Sunbeam, Singer & Talbot cars and vans, from 1950 until the end of production in the 1970s. With model-by-model descriptions and detailed technical information, this is an invaluable Rootes resource.
Divadelní hra. Tři mladí muzikanti z Liverpoolu se roku 1960 vydají do Hamburku, aby si tu vysloužili ostruhy hraním v klubu, který teprve nedávno změnil podobu a místo striptérek zaměstnal britský bigbeat. Hádají se o postel, sní o hamburských holkách a o úspěchu. Neúspěch ale pronásleduje kapelu až do okamžiku, kdy frontman Paul, inspirován tím, co se dozvěděl o historii i přítomnosti města, vystihne správný moment provokace a oblékne si esesácké holínky. Cena za takový úspěch je ale vysoká, a promítne se nejostřeji právě do vztahů mezi trojicí protagonistů.
Historická freska ze skotského venkova. V lyrickém oparu zde probíhá drama prostinké ženy sedláka a milovníka koní. Ta naváže podivuhodné přátelství s mlynářem, jenž je u vesničanů v opovržení a nenávisti (což je v tomto prostředí tradice, nic osobního). Tento relativně vzdělaný a emancipovaný člověk v ní rozdmýchá spontánní touhu poznávat svět, pronikat k podstatám okolních jevů, které zbytek vesnice bere za samozřejmé. Filosofické vzplanutí ji ale staví do podobné opozice vůči běžným lidem, v jaké je mlynář, což v ní budí potřebu přestrukturovat svůj život, a to i za cenu vraždy.