doollee banner
The Playwrights Database
contact doollee


Anders Lustgarten

ANDERS LUSTGARTEN

  
Nationality:    British
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

Aanders Lustgarten is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his first two plays  the Insurgents (2007), a comic Drama about Kurdish immigration and political resistance to globalisation, and enduring Freedom (2008), a powerful portrayal of the Bush years  were produced, while Torture Comedy, a satire on rendition and the War on Terror, was part of Vibrant!  a Festival of Finborough Playwrights in 2009. From 2007-8, anders was on attachment at the Soho Theatre. He is taking his new play, You Cannot escape Our Love, about Zimbabwe after Mugabe, to the Harare International Festival of Arts in April 2010. anders is under commission to the Bolton Octagon. Other work includes the Punishment Stories, about black prisoners and Islam (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate award), and an adaptation of Slawomir Mrozek's the Police (BaC 2007). anders works as a political activist; he has also taught on Death Row, been arrested by the Turkish secret police, and holds a PhD in Chinese politics from the University of California.

Buy Plays with Doollee

Each page of doollee.com has links to play/book outlets, either directly to the Publisher, through Stageplays.com and Amazon to the second hand and 1st editions of AbeBooks. These links will automatically take you to the relevant area obviating the need for further search.
AbeBooks.co.uk   AbeBooks.com   Stageplays.com   amazon.com   amazon.co.uk   amazon.ca
whether you are a Playwright who wishes to make their entry definitive, an unlisted Playwright or a User with a tale to tell - we want to hear from you.
download WORD submission template

below is a list of Anders Lustgarten's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Bang Up         Black Jesus         Blair's Children         Breakout, The         Damned United, The         Day At the Racists, A         Election Drama: A theatrical Response         Enduring Freedom         Fat Man, The         Finger of God, The         If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep         Ignition 1         Insurgents, The         Italy         Kingmakers         Lampedusa         Maggie         Police, The         Punishment Stories, The         Secret Theatre, The         Seven Acts Of Mercy         Shrapnel: 34 Fragments of a Massacre         Socialism Is Great         Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, The         Torture Comedy, A
Bang Up

Synopsis:
anders Lustgarten's Bang Up portrayed a group of disenfranchised prisoners watching election-night TV, with sharp dialogue
- Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times

Notes:
part of election Drama. Supporting Wall invited A number of writers to come up with playlets within hours of the polls closing in Thursday's general election

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Black Jesus

Black Jesus
And do you know why I was called by that name? Because I decided who would be saved and who would be condemned. I took that responsibility for others and now I take it for myself. I am Black Jesus. I do not crawl. Zimbabwe. 2015. The Mugabe Government has fallen and investigations into its abuses have begun. Eunice Ncube, working for the new Truth and Justice Commission, begins the interviewing of Gabriel Chibamu, one of the most infamous perpetrators of the horrors of the Mugabe regime. As Gabriel's trial and inevitable prosecution approach, Eunice begins to sift through the past  only to find that right and wrong, and guilt and innocence, are far less clear than she first thought . . .

Notes:
part of Vibrant  A Festival of Finborough Playwrights 2011

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
90 min one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Blair's Children

Synopsis:
A new and confronting play that recalls the Blair era and addresses its legacy. Five characters in a London coffee shop reveal their thoughts and feelings directly to the audience, who learn first-hand how the Blair era impacted the lives of a generation.

Notes:
Author: April de Angelis, Georgia Fitch, Anders Lustgarten, Mark Norfolk, Paula Stanic.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Breakout, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
theatre Uncut co-artistic director Emma Callander said, "theatre Uncut was created to raise debate and galvanise action around political issues that affect all of our lives. We do this by making our plays available to as many people as possible. "We feel honoured to be working with writers of such high calibre and it thrills me that performances of these powerful short plays will be happening simultaneously across the world, from Scarborough to South Africa. "With the continued cuts to public services in the UK against a landscape of civil unrest and enforced austerity across the world, the need to speak out in resistance is stronger now than ever before."

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Uncut 2012

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play reading

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Damned United, The

Synopsis:
Down the stairs. . .Along the corridor. . .Round the corner. . .Into the dressing room. . .HIS dressing room. Hateful, hateful place. Spiteful, spiteful place. Dirty, dirty Leeds. 1974. Brian Clough, the enfant terrible of British football, tries to redeem his managerial career and reputation by winning the European Cup with his new team. Leeds United. The team he has openly despised for years, the team he hates and which hates him. Don Revie's Leeds. A West Yorkshire Playhouse and Red Ladder Theatre Company co-production, adapted from David Peace's ingenious novel, The Damned United takes you inside the tortured mind of a genius slamming up against his limits, and brings to life the beauty and brutality of football, the working man's ballet.

Notes:
adapted from the novel by David Peace

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Red Ladder Theatre Company

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Day At the Racists, A

Day At the Racists, A
-

Notes:
first read As part of Central Lines: Soho theatre And theatre Royal, Stratford east join forces for A 2-week season of new play readings. Fresh And exciting, these new plays All share the concerns of culture, identity, race And religion in modern Britain.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rogue State Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  doubling; extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Election Drama: A theatrical Response

Synopsis:
Will Young, producer for Supporting Wall, said: "We're hoping to create a true moment of political theatre - immediate, edgy and raw. At the very least, it will be a more productive way to spend the election period than obsessing over Swingometers!" "the first five plays to be written under a new parliament" which will be written, cast and rehearsed within 24 hours of election night on May 6th. All profits from the night are being donated to the Hansard Society, an independent charity promoting political engagement and open government

Notes:
written by Che Walker; Rex Obano; Anders Lustgarten; Phil Willmott

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Supporting Wall.

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Enduring Freedom

Enduring Freedom
When Tom and Susan, a New Jersey couple, lose their son in the attack on the twin towers, it begins to affect their marriage, friends and community. as Tom's grief forces him to begin to question the post 9/11 orthodoxy, he finds himself not only at odds with his wife, but also with the government itself. as the neighbours take sides, shock jocks rant, conspiracy theories abound and politicians wave the flag, Tom and Susan are pushed to breaking point as one particular political clique appropriates a nation's mourning.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Giant Steps   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Fat Man, The

Fat Man, The
the Fat Man, is a savagely neat little economics lesson that explains how 85% of the Greek bailout went straight back to the banks.
- Lyn Garnder, Guardian

Notes:
Part of theatre Uncut. Across the country thousands of people Are involved in protests And debates, sparked into Action by the largest cuts to public spending since World War Two. theatre Uncut is A national theatre event in response to these cuts, bringing together some of the UK's leading Dramatists. (based on An initial idea by Simon Stephens And Anders Lustgarten)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Reclaim Productions, in association with Meeting Point Productions

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play, performance lecture

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Finger of God, The

Synopsis:
The Finger of God is the stand-out play from this set. It is a satire that stretches the truth very little to make perceptive points about our world. Over dinner, a couple of executives try to spice up The National Lottery. Their solution is to combine the monetary carrot with nasty sticks, penalising those that lose. This is taken towards an inevitable conclusion, seen through the eyes of a desperate man and his disbelieving partner, who watches him indulge this terrible addiction regardless of increasingly unpalatable consequences including digital loss. The mixture of message and entertainment is intoxicating.

Notes:
In four years, Theatre Uncut has become established as one of the Fringe highlights. With a serious political agenda and a fund of excellent playwrights, it succeeds far more often than makes sense given its brief to create rapid response pieces. The first programme in 2014 gave the writers a theme of "Knowledge is power. Knowledge is change". The company also sought a fresh venture and the intention is to develop the five short pieces (average 15 minutes) into a single play that will eventually tour. In the meantime, Hannah Price directed a quartet of actors in the Traverse Bar. Each of Jade Anouka, Nalini Chetty, Finn den Hertog and Iain Robertson has several moments to shine during an enjoyable and challenging 75 minutes.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatre Uncut

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short reading

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep

If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep
As the financial world issues its shock treatment, what happens when the City's agenda is taken to its ultimate conclusion? Anders Lustgarten passionately argued new play explodes the ethos of austerity and offers an alternative.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama, London (2013)   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  with doubling

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Ignition 1

Synopsis:
Your chance to see sparks fly between actors and writers and new work fired up by their dynamic collaborations. Last year we piloted a brand-new formula for kickstarting new work by asking writers which actors they most wanted to write for and then giving them time and space to see what happened when those partnerships were realised. The artists who took part ranged from established playwrights and star actors to breakthrough talent in an amazing array of combinations. This year Ignition is back, bigger and better, following a season at the Royal Court, with a special buzz around its unique potential to make the unexpected happen. Three separate Ignitions every night for a week: some will be mad gambles, some will be brilliant improvisations, every one of them will be an event.

Notes:
written by Matthew Dunster, Jeremy Swift, Nirjay Mahindru, Paul Charlton, Nick Payne, David Dipper, Katie Douglas and Anders Lustgarten

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
collaborative piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Insurgents, The

Insurgents, The
Fast-forward to today's London and the class divide is back as private equity turns our city into a high fenced playground for a tax-exempt, big business elite. When a shop owner in Hackney discovers his sons making a stand for their home soil by kidnapping a senior partner, the powerful have a new mutiny on their hands. But what will become of the little man?

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Italy

Synopsis:
International writers join up with their British counterparts to bring their experiences to the Royal Court. What is life really like for those living in todays austerity. Daily dispatches from Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain will invade the Jerwood theatre Upstairs. "With unemployment reaching almost 30% in Greece, soup kitchens springing up and immigrants being physically assaulted by Neo-Nazis on a regular basis it seems like the right time to put the lives of those affected by the eurozone crisis centre-stage at the Royal Court. Collaborating with writers from the countries on the frontline of austerity and using a variety of theatrical forms we will bring the PIIGS into the heart of London for a week of tragedy, comedy and rage" - Alexi Kaye Campbell, Playwright

Notes:
Fausto Paravidino (Rome), Anders Lustgarten (London), Translated by Gillian Hanna

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Kingmakers

Kingmakers
Ten years after the signing of Magna Carta, the barons' takeover isn't quite going to plan. With the peasants grumbling about enormous castles and broken promises, the threat of rebellion hangs in the air. Perhaps the solution is to distract and deflect by bringing the confused and humbled king back into the fold? What about a royal wedding? A royal baby? All at the common man's expense, of course. . . A fictional story from the 13th century that may just be about now.

Notes:
part of The Magna Carta Plays

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Lampedusa

Lampedusa
The paradisal island of Lampedusa. Where North Africa meets Rome. Home of postcard vistas, white sand beaches, and the site of the most devastating debris washing up on the shore. Stefano follows in the footsteps of generations of fishermen. But in the twenty-first century the catch is very different: his job is to pull drowned bodies of migrants out of the Mediterranean. And in the bleakest corners of the UK, Denise tramps from door to door collecting pay day loans, witnessing crippling hardship and hearing complaints about immigration. Putting us in the shoes of those whose job it is to enforce our rules, this is the story behind the headlines of two strangers finding hope and connection where they least expect it.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
HIghtlde Festival Theatre / Soho Theatre, In association with Unity Theatre, Liverpool

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
two monologue pieces 65 min

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Maggie

Synopsis:
a tough Glaswegian socialist whose detestation of Blair is reinforced when her renegade son joins the army and is sent to Iraq.

Notes:
part of "Blair's Children" a critical perspective on our own recent history and Labour's mantra that "things can only get better"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
short monologue

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Police, The

Synopsis:
It is a very bad day for the chief of police. after 10 years languishing in prison, the state's last remaining political prisoner is insisting on taking an oath of loyalty to the country and its leader, and must therefore be released. attempts by an enthusiastic police sergeant to act as an agent provocateur and stir uo dissension among the populatidn have failed as the people persistently refuse to break the law. the consequences of all this are gradually dawning on the chief of police even as he triesio bribe the poli6cal prisoner to remain a dissident. For the police and the criminal, the secret service and the revolutionary are entirely dependent on each other. You can't have one without the other. Can you even have such a thing as loyalty if there is no disloyalty? Written in 1958 by the Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek as a satire on the totalitarian state, the Police serves pretty well for today too, not least because, as adaptor anders Lustgarten suggests, you need an enemy if you are going to wage a war on terror. Despite the orange Guanthamo-style prison suits, director Christopher Loscher never overplays the contemporary relevance in a production that demonstrates good acting, flair and confidence.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian

Notes:
Original Playwright - Slawomir Mrozek

1st Produced:

Organisations:
WSR Productions

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:

Top of Page Top of Page

Punishment Stories, The

Synopsis:
Big man jail, 2010. Jermaine is looking at a big lump. His co-defendant D is more concerned with chocolate biscuits and minor drug deals. But the pressure of their situation, and of coming to grips with what they did, is about to put their friendship under serious stress. Runner up for the Verity Bargate award, the Punishment Stories is fast, funny and about something most prison Dramas ignore: what it's like to be guilty.

Notes:
Verity Bargate Award Shortlist, 2007

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Secret Theatre, The

Secret Theatre, The
Sir Francis Walsingham Elizabeth I's Spymaster. He organises the Babington Plot to get rid of Mary Stuart. He organises several fake attempts on Elizabeth's life and even a diversional war with Holland

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Sam Wanamaker Theatre, London     Nov 2017

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama 2017   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Historical drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR  37/2017  1250

Top of Page Top of Page

Seven Acts Of Mercy

Seven Acts Of Mercy
Michelangelo Caravaggio has escaped from Rome - wanted for murder. He is in Naples painting a mural "Seven Acts Of Mercy". In the present time a grandfather is trying to teach his grandson about the beauty of art

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon     08 Jul 1905

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Methuen Drama 2016   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
TR  36/2016  1355

Top of Page Top of Page

Shrapnel: 34 Fragments of a Massacre

Shrapnel: 34 Fragments of a Massacre
December 2011. Watching video footage from a drone, Pentagon officials see a huddle of people - unarmed smugglers, with mules - treading their familiar path across the Turkish-Iraqi border. Hours later, Turkish Armed Forces drop bombs on the group. 34 civilians are killed. The Roboski massacre is one of the most controversial episodes in the 'war on terror'. Piecing together the fragments of the tragedy, Anders Lustgarten's startling new play dares to ask what a massacre is made of. Directed by Arcola Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen, Shrapnel is a story of malicious commands and mournful commemorations; an urgent, powerful insight into the state of modern warfare.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Socialism Is Great

Socialism Is Great
Modern China: a place where the most cutting edge technology on earth is made by people from rural villages. Where hedge funds present proverbs from the Little Red Book. How do the young Chinese make sense of it all? This epic new play was created by international political activist Anders Lustgarten, who carried out extensive interviews with young people in China, and young Chinese living in the UK. the play shows young people in China who are at work, at school and in love, finding their place and dealing with the echoes of their past.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
National Theatre Connections

1st Published:
in National Theatre Connections 2012, Methuen Drama (15 Mar 2012)
Published in an extended version for the Market theatre, Johannesburg, by Oberon Books   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  12 plus 3 ensembles

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, The

Synopsis:
An epic, tremendously humane play about the world's most exciting society: China. It follows a clutch of compelling and believable people across seventy years of socialism, capitalism and everything in between. From the communes of Maoism to the factories of Shenzhen, the Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie shows you the complexity of China's relationship between the traditional and the modern like no other fiction has.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Vibrant 2012  A Festival of Finborough Playwrights

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page

Torture Comedy, A

Synopsis:
An enhanced interrogation centre for rendition detainees. An earnest British civil servant wants to ensure decency. The American interrogators are doing no more than authorised. But none of them really understand the logic of the War on Terror. . . Shocking, provocative and hilarious, A Torture Comedy takes on terrorism, the key political issues of the decade, and reveals it for what it is - a sick joke. . .

Notes:
Part of the Operating Theatre's Writers' Block Season. aka "Death and the Kit-Kat"

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Operating Theatre

1st Published:
-   

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

Top of Page Top of Page