Spring Awakening: (adapt) by Frank Wedekind (English) Paperback Book

Description: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, Anya Reiss Frank Wedekinds first major play and a seminal work in the modern history of theatre, in a new version by Anya Reiss. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Unnerving, entertaining, funny and dark, Wedekinds definitive play about youth caused riots when it exploded onto the stage in 1906 and has lost none of its provocative power.Brought bang up to date by award-winning playwright Anya Reiss this new version examines the exuberance, intensity and confusion of teenage life today.Spring Awakening asks important and pressing questions about how young people are shaped for their future by a generation that doesnt understand them. Author Biography Anya Reiss wrote her first play when she was 14 and then became a member of the Royal Court Theatres Young Writers Programme. Last year she was invited to take part in the Royal Courts Supergroup of young writers. Her new adaptation of The Seagull premiered at the Southwark Playhouse at the end of 2012 and prior to that, The Acid Test opened at the Royal Court in May 2011, where it received rave reviews. Her debut play, Spur of the Moment opened at the Royal Court Theatre in July 2010. Since then Anya has won the Most Promising Playwright Award at the 2010 Evening Standard Awards, Best New Play at the 2010 TMA Awards and Most Promising Playwright at the 2010 Critics Circle Awards. Review The most thrilling adaptation of Spring Awakening I have ever seen… * Five Stars - Financial Times *Anya Reiss has taken Wedekinds original way ahead of its time. * Four Stars - The Times *Confusion is eternal, so Anya Reisss new version neatly relocates the play in our world of smartphone smut and suicide selfies. * Sunday Times *She captures the desperation and somnambulism of Wedekinds [characters] but shrewdly updates their world. * Observer *Urgent and thrilling. * Telegraph *Spring Awakening ticks all the right boxes with regards to being a powerful piece of contemporary theatre: it engages you, comments on the world we live in today and gets you to think about your views on it - this new version of Spring Awakening is a dark, tongue-in-cheek, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that will keep you thinking long after the final blackout. * Younger Theatre * Promotional Award-winning playwright Anya Reiss brings Frank Wedekinds definitive play about youth into the modern era. Long Description Unnerving, entertaining, funny and dark, Wedekinds definitive play about youth caused riots when it exploded onto the stage in 1906 and has lost none of its provocative power. Brought bang up to date by award-winning playwright Anya Reiss this new version examines the exuberance, intensity and confusion of teenage life today. Spring Awakening asks important and pressing questions about how young people are shaped for their future by a generation that doesnt understand them. Review Quote "The most thrilling adaptation of Spring Awakening I have ever seen..." -- Five Stars - Financial Times "Anya Reiss has taken Wedekinds original way ahead of its time." -- Four Stars - The Times "Confusion is eternal, so Anya Reisss new version neatly relocates the play in our world of smartphone smut and suicide selfies." -- Sunday Times "She captures the desperation and somnambulism of Wedekinds [characters] but shrewdly updates their world." -- Observer "Urgent and thrilling." -- Telegraph "Spring Awakening ticks all the right boxes with regards to being a powerful piece of contemporary theatre: it engages you, comments on the world we live in today and gets you to think about your views on it - this new version of Spring Awakening is a dark, tongue-in-cheek, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride that will keep you thinking long after the final blackout." -- Younger Theatre Promotional "Headline" Award-winning playwright Anya Reiss brings Frank Wedekinds definitive play about youth into the modern era. Competing Titles Seagull Anya Reiss 9781849434256, 17.95 Oberon Books 08/27/2013 43 Spring Awakening Frank Wedekind 9781848420564 10.95 Nick Hern Books 10/18/2011 173 Details ISBN1783190981 Author Anya Reiss ISBN-10 1783190981 ISBN-13 9781783190980 Format Paperback Short Title SPRING AWAKENING Language English Media Book Residence US Birth 1864 Death 1918 Series Oberon Modern Plays Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-03-11 Imprint Oberon Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle (adapt) Pages 80 UK Release Date 2014-03-11 NZ Release Date 2014-03-11 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DEWEY 832.8 Audience General AU Release Date 2014-03-10 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:86146499;

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