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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101350064432

ISBN-139781350064430

eBay Product ID (ePID)239835358

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameSaint George and the Dragon

SubjectTheater / Playwriting, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorRory Mullarkey

Subject AreaDrama, Performing Arts

SeriesModern Plays Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-479972

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsRory Mullarkey's adaptation of these three Aeschylus plays . . . is undertaken with a spirit it would be hard to trump. . . . Mullarkey has adapted Aeschylus in a way that never fudges, conceals or distances., "Rory Mullarkey's adaptation of these three Aeschylus plays . . . is undertaken with a spirit it would be hard to trump. . . . Mullarkey has adapted Aeschylus in a way that never fudges, conceals or distances." -- Observer "Rory Mullarkey's poetical, darkly funny but never murky adaptation proves stimulating and surprising . . . makes you laugh one moment and shudder the next." -- The Times "...the play has much to say about our shifting national identity..." --The Guardian "It's no surprise that there's a lot of theatre right now preoccupied with tyranny and freedom, as well as the power of nationalism to divide a country rather than hold it together. Rory Mullarkey's new play addresses all these issues, favouring an anarchic style that at times brings to mind Blackadder and Monty Python...There are ticklish jokes and moments of enjoyable mischief..." --The Evening Standard "...there is some very funny stuff about the English character..." --The Stage "...this new piece shows wit and enterprise..." --The Independent "The scope of the piece is daring..." --The Arts Desk

Dewey Decimal822.9/2

SynopsisA village. A dragon. A damsel in distress.Into the story walks George: wandering knight, freedom fighter, enemy of tyrants the world over. One epic battle later and a nation is born.As the village grows into a town, and the town into a city, the myth of Saint George which once brought a people together, threatens to divide them., A village. A dragon. A damsel in distress. Into the story walks George: wandering knight, freedom fighter, enemy of tyrants the world over. One epic battle later and a nation is born. As the village grows into a town, and the town into a city, the myth of Saint George which once brought a people together, threatens to divide them.

LC Classification NumberPR6113.U438