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David Greig

    David Greig je uznávaný dramatik a režisér, ktorého hry sú uvádzané po celom svete. Jeho tvorba často skúma zložité spoločenské a politické otázky, zasadzuje ich do neobvyklých kontextov a nebojí sa experimentovať s formou. Greigov štýl sa vyznačuje poetickým jazykom, humorom a hlbokým porozumením ľudskej psychike. Jeho divadelné diela predstavujú prenikavý pohľad na súčasný svet.

    Midsummer [a play with songs]
    Columba's Bones
    Touching the Void
    The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
    Complete plays. Blasted ; Phaedra's love ; Cleansed ; Crave ; 4.48 Psychosis ; Skin
    Európa / Architekt
    • 2023

      The first ever novel by award-winning Scottish playwright David Greig, Columba's Bones recasts ninth century Scotland as the setting for a Scandi- noir-style thriller. Utterly unique, Columba's Bones explores early Christianity and paganism, philosophy, redemption and shame, violence and love, transcendence and reality.

      Columba's Bones
    • 2021

      What does the Bible say about economics? A lot. What about socialism, which is becoming an increasingly common concern in US economic policy discussions? In Biblical Economic Policy, Arnott and Saydometov build a biblical framework for analyzing national economic policy that takes on everything from taxes to spending to tariffs to minimum wage. The Bible has something to say about all these critical present-day issues, and this book explains how to apply it to 21st-century policies. Authors Dave Arnott and Sergiy Saydometov hold up the mirror of the Bible and ask their fellow Christians, “Is this the way we're supposed to run a biblical economy?” What the book is not: ● It is NOT a financial advice book. ● It is NOT about how to apply business principles at work. ● It is NOT about stewardship or giving. ● It is NOT about how to run your business for the glory of God. Biblical Economic Policy takes the macroeconomic view and analyzes how well America's economic policies align with biblical principles. This book tackles difficult present-day economic policies, including taxes, spending, national debt, interest rates, and money supply. Written with sound biblical grounding, in accessible language, Biblical Economic Policy will turn the common reader into a biblical economic analyst.

      BIBLICAL ECONOMIC POLICY
    • 2018

      Touching the Void

      • 128 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      In 1928 a journalist asked George Mallory why he wanted to climb Everest. Mallory said, 'Because it's there.' Joe Simpson's memoir Touching the Void, international bestseller and BAFTA-winning film, charts his struggle for survival on the perilous Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes aged twenty-five. Adapted for the stage by David Greig, Joe's story explodes into a bold theatrical fantasia. We discover the counter-cultural world of Alpine climbing and the sensual joy of the mountains; we bear witness to the appalling moment when Joe's climbing partner Simon Yates, battered by freezing winds and tethered to the injured Simpson, makes the critical decision to cut the rope. Tense, funny and inquisitive, Touching the Void explores the mind's extraordinarily rich reservoirs of strength and imagination when teetering on the edge of death. David Greig's Touching the Void premiered at Bristol Old Vic, Bristol in September 2018.

      Touching the Void
    • 2014

      Dear Scotland

      • 95 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania

      Twenty of Scotland's leading authors write about Scotland as it is now. Produced to accompany National Theatre of Scotland promenade peace at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

      Dear Scotland
    • 2013

      Przez 20 lat Clifford Harris tańczył ze śmiercią, nie mogąc rozerwać kajdan narkotykowego nałogu. Stracił dom, rodzinę i wolność. W swej autobiografii wspomina te trudne lata z rozbrajającą szczerością, odsłaniając wstrząsającą historię. Książka ukazuje mechanizm stopniowego staczania się w otchłań nałogu i jego nieodwracalne konsekwencje. Jednak to bolesna prawda zmienia się w historię zwycięstwa. Nie mogąc zapanować nad pędem ku zagładzie, Harris przyjął wreszcie ratunek, który zmienił jego życie z pędu ku śmierci na bieg ku życiu. Spotykamy tu więc bohatera wygrywającego z nędzą i upodleniem. A to wszystko dzięki wierze w moc Boga. Bez niej nie wydarzyłby się ten cud. W tym przypadku wiara, a nie farmakologiczna terapia, stała się fundamentem, na którym zrodziło się nowe życie.

      Taniec śmierci. Prawdziwa historia wyzwolenia z na
    • 2013

      The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

      • 112 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania
      4,4(28)Ohodnotiť

      One wintry morning academic Prudencia Hart sets off to a conference in the Scottish Borders. Stranded there by snow, she is swept off on a dream-like journey of self discovery, complete with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music.

      The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
    • 2013

      The Events

      • 80 stránok
      • 3 hodiny čítania

      When Claire, a priest, survives an atrocity she sets out on a quest to answer the most difficult question of all: 'Why?' It's a journey that takes her to the edge of reason, science, politics and faith.

      The Events
    • 2011

      The Monster in the Hall

      • 112 stránok
      • 4 hodiny čítania
      3,7(10)Ohodnotiť

      Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad, Duke, whose MS is getting worse. Duke is a spliff-smoking (for medicinal reasons you understand), bike-riding, heavy-metal- and horror-movie-loving, pizza-eating widower who has brought up Duck since the death of her mum in a crash.

      The Monster in the Hall
    • 2010

      Selected Plays 1999-2009

      • 544 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      Brings together four key plays that include - Outlying Island, San Diego, Pyrenees and The American Pilot. This collection also includes a trilogy of short plays - Being Norwegian, Kyoto and Brewers Fayre.

      Selected Plays 1999-2009
    • 2010

      Dunsinane

      • 138 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania
      3,7(277)Ohodnotiť

      Late at night in a foreign land, an English army sweeps through the landscape under cover of darkness and takes the seat of power. Struggling to contain his men and the ambitions of his superiors, the commanding officer attempts to negotiate the unspoken rules of this alien country.

      Dunsinane