David Pinner: 5 books
by David Pinner
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2011
Like Pinner's contemporaneous 1973 Stalin play The Teddy Bears' Picnic, Oh, To Be In England was unproduceable at the time of its writing because of its unapologetic skewering of political extremism in the UK. Unlike The Teddy Bears' Picnic, which finally ran in 1990 to press acclaim, Oh, To Be In...
by David Pinner
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Includes the plays Fanghorn, Edred, the Vampire and Lucifer's Fair
Fanghorn is a darkly-surrealistic comedy, which pokes fun at the Theatre of Cruelty. Fanghorn is a lesbian vampire, who invades the household of Joseph King, who may, or may not, be the First Secretary to the Minister of Defence,...
Newton's Darkness
Two Dramatic Views
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2003
”What purpose is served by showing that England's greatest natural philosopher is flawed … like other mortals?” asks one of the characters in Newton's Darkness. “We need unsullied heroes!” But what if the hero is sullied? At stake is an issue that is as germane today as it was 300 years...
by David Pinner
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Includes the plays Lenin in Love, The Teddy Bears' Picnic and The Potsdam Quartet
Three gripping political plays: Lenin in Love takes up the alleged sexual troika and sadistic inclinations of one of the foremost political leaders of the 20th century.
The Teddy Bears' Picnic is an ironic comedy...
The Joy of Misery: Four One-Act Plays
Four One-Act Plays
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Cartoon is a comedy about cartoons and the joy of misery. As Siegfried, the cartoonist, remarks; ‘If you cut succulent slices off people, then everyone laughs. However, if the scalpel slips, then you’re down to the bone. But then, of course, comedy is tragedy speeded up.’
**An Evening...