David Edgar je anglický dramatik, ktorého tvorba čerpá z rodinnej divadelnej tradície. Už od detstva prejavoval mimoriadny záujem o písanie hier a divadlo. Jeho hry sa často zaoberajú aktuálnymi spoločenskými a politickými témami, ktoré skúma s hlbokým porozumením ľudskej povahy. Edgarov dramatický štýl je známy svojou intelektuálnou hĺbkou a schopnosťou vtiahnuť diváka do zložitých otázok doby.
This selection of David Edgar's dramatic work features three plays: Ecclesiastes, a late 1970s radio play; his acclaimed stage version of Nicholas Nickleby; and Entertaining Strangers, an English left-wing social drama.
A romantic comedy set in 1804. This title inhabits terrain somewhere between Jane Austen and Dickens with its self-centred middle classes, its nearby garrison and scheming low lives.
How Plays Work is both a masterclass for playwrights and playmakers and a fascinating guide to the anatomy of drama. In this revised edition, Edgar brings the book right up to date with analyses of many recent plays, as well as explorations of emerging genres and new innovations in playwriting practice.
NEW! from Longman School DramaThis compelling play makes Stevenson's classic pre-1914 novella accessible to pupils, whilst remaining faithful to the original prose, allowing them to fully engage with the plot and themes.
This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies
A brand new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic - one of the most loved short stories ever written. In one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour - but is that enough? A brand new adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of the Christmas classic.
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror story.
Starting with international peace brokers playing simulation games on a university campus, David Edgar's intensely political play spirals upward and outward to present a situation of real conflict over bloodily unresolvable life-and-death issues.
Klasický viktoriánsky horor, Podivný prípad doktora Jekylla a pána Hyda, je o dvoch protikladných podobách ľudského charakteru stelesnených dobrým doktorom Jekyllom a zlým pánom Hydom. Keď advokát Utterson začne riešiť závet svojho starého priateľa pána Jekylla, vynárajú sa pred ním znepokojivé otázky. Aký bol vzťah počestného doktora Jekylla a tajomného pána Hyda? Kto zabil sira Danversa Carewa? Aká pozoruhodná príhoda smrteľne otriasla doktorom Lanyonom?
The newest play by one of England's leading playwrights.