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April De Angelis

    A Laughing Matter
    A Warwickshire Testimony
    Jumpy
    After Electra
    Graeae Plays 1
    The Village
    • The Village

      • 112 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      Village life for Jyoti is simple: the people work hard, sing and live off the earth. She would rather devour a delicious meal than think about a suitable partner. But when the Inspector and his men arrive in town, things begin to sour. The Inspector's reign of terror sees him commit unspeakable acts against the village with young Jyoti in his sights, pushing everyone to breaking point. De Vega's Fuenteovejuna is transported to contemporary India and set against a backdrop of political unrest in this adaptation by April De Angelis. The Village premiered at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London, in September 2018.

      The Village
    • Graeae Plays 1

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Graeae Plays 1 is a unique and ground-breaking collection of new plays redefining disability. Selected and introduced by the Artistic Director of Graeae Theatre Company to celebrate 21 years of the pioneering company's work with disabled performers and writers.

      Graeae Plays 1
    • After Electra

      • 90 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      It's Virgie's eighty-fourth birthday and she is bucking convention. But, always more committed as an artist than a mother, Virgie has not reckoned on her family and friends' determination to thwart her plans. This is a moving black comedy that reimagines the meaning of family.

      After Electra
    • -You're having some kind of crisis.-It's called being fifty. A frank and funny family drama questioning parental anxieties and life after fifty, Jumpy by April De Angelis premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2011.

      Jumpy
    • The past: the 'big house', the servant class, the close-knit family ties of a bygone generation. For better or for worse?April de Angelis's funny and compassionate new play powerfully illustrates a rapidly changing way of life by focusing on the loves, traumas and disputes of one Midlands family throughout the twentieth century.

      A Warwickshire Testimony
    • A Laughing Matter

      • 96 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      It's 1773 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Caught between financial pressures and artistic ambition, Garrick must decide if he can risk staging a play that could make or break his career.A Laughing Matter was produced by Out of Joint and the National Theatre, London.

      A Laughing Matter
    • Amongst Friends

      • 72 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      Journalist Lara, and her ex-MP and crime-writer husband Richard, are happy and successful. When the security system fails, the food is delivered by a stranger and the dinner party takes quite a different turn. April De Angelis's darkly comic social satire Amongst Friends premiered at the Hampstead Theatre, London, in May 2009.

      Amongst Friends
    • The first collection of April De Angelis's plays selects work from her plays Ironmistress, Hush, Playhouse Creatures and The Positive Hour, and includes an introduction by the author. 'There is no denying the sheer exuberance of De Angelis's writing.' Guardian

      April de Angelis Plays 1
    • Extinct

      • 48 stránok
      • 2 hodiny čítania

      There have been spontaneous outbreaks of fires round the country the closest to us in Epping forest, a monster conflagration which raged for 3 weeks. A woman stands alone on stage. She'll give everything she has. Addressing the climate emergency head on, Extinct includes testimony from environmental activists.

      Extinct