David Edgar est un dramaturge anglais dont l'œuvre est profondément ancrée dans une tradition familiale du théâtre. Dès son plus jeune âge, il a démontré un profond intérêt pour l'écriture de pièces et le monde du théâtre. Ses pièces abordent souvent des questions sociales et politiques contemporaines, les explorant avec une compréhension aiguë de la nature humaine. Le style dramatique d'Edgar est reconnu pour sa profondeur intellectuelle et sa capacité à entraîner le public dans les questions complexes de notre époque.
This selection of David Edgar's dramatic work features three plays: Ecclesiastes, a late 1970s radio play; his acclaimed stage version of Nicholas Nickleby; and Entertaining Strangers, an English left-wing social drama.
A romantic comedy set in 1804. This title inhabits terrain somewhere between Jane Austen and Dickens with its self-centred middle classes, its nearby garrison and scheming low lives.
How Plays Work is both a masterclass for playwrights and playmakers and a fascinating guide to the anatomy of drama. In this revised edition, Edgar brings the book right up to date with analyses of many recent plays, as well as explorations of emerging genres and new innovations in playwriting practice.
NEW! from Longman School DramaThis compelling play makes Stevenson's classic pre-1914 novella accessible to pupils, whilst remaining faithful to the original prose, allowing them to fully engage with the plot and themes.
This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies
A brand new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic - one of the most loved short stories ever written. In one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour - but is that enough? A brand new adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of the Christmas classic.
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror story.
Starting with international peace brokers playing simulation games on a university campus, David Edgar's intensely political play spirals upward and outward to present a situation of real conflict over bloodily unresolvable life-and-death issues.
Petit, difforme, velu, un monstre erre dans l'atmosphère trouble des rues de Londres. Le vent souffle, l'éclat rouge des réverbères perce à peine le brouillard... Paisiblement installé dans son bureau, devant le feu qui crépite, un respectable savant voit avec épouvante sa belle main se dessécher, se couvrir de poils... Une histoire à faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête du lecteur même le plus enclin à se dédoubler.
The newest play by one of England's leading playwrights.