Torben Betts: Plays Three
"The Optimist" ; "The Swing of Things" ; "The Company Man"
- Editore:
Oberon Books Ltd
- Collana:
- Oberon Modern Playwrights
- EAN:
9781840028249
- ISBN:
1840028246
- Pagine:
- 224
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Torben Betts: Plays Three
Includes the plays The Optimist, The Swing of Things and The Company Man In this third volume of his collected plays Torben Betts portrays a world of floundering, sub-alpha males and suicidally miserable women, of bullying parents, torturous childhoods and failing relationships, characters all baffled by the most basic question: how do we live good lives and be happy in the modern world? Set on Guy Fawke's Night The Optimist (2002) concerns a Government Defence Minister who must face up to the consequences of the choices he has made, both professionally and personally. The Swing of Things (2005) hilariously examines a world where status anxiety and affluenza seem to have corrupted the soul of a whole generation. In The Company Man (2006) a dying woman's last night is marred by the conflict between her accomplished yet emotionally damaged husband and their deeply troubled son.