Name: I Didn't Always Live Here von Stewart Conn
SKU: 9781783190010
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I Didn't Always Live Here Zusammenfassung

I Didn't Always Live Here Stewart Conn

'Not as if I always lived here, mind you...I started off in Govan. Never dreamt in those days I'd end up this side of the river. Real step up in the world that was...I'm grateful for it. Despite everything, I'm grateful for it' Glasgow, the 1970s. Martha and Amie are old neighbours, trapped in their decaying tenement and cut off from family and friends. With the present closing in and the future uncertain, Martha and Amie's real companions are the past and their memories of ordinary lives peopled by extraordinary characters and their struggles and triumphs. I Didn't Always Live Here is a compassionate and heart-rending journey into the forgotten lives of the dispossessed and elderly, as well as an uplifting journey into the human spirit's capacity to cope with social exclusion and financial hardship. One of multi-award-winning playwright and poet Stewart Conn's earliest works, I Didn't Always Live Here now receives its first production since its world premiere at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 1967.

I Didn't Always Live Here Bewertungen

Quietly enjoyable and beautifully observed. * Guardian *
The sort of tender, understated play that reads beautifully on the page. * Time Out *
A touching tale of loss, loneliness, and hope...charming, and oddly uplifting in its humanity, despite the bleakness that often permeates the lives of the characters. * What's On Stage *
Conn is not afraid to tug at our heartstrings in a piece that intersperses [an] old womens memories with present day... spiced with dry Glaswegian wit. * The Stage *

Über Stewart Conn

Stewart Conn was born in Hillhead, Glasgow, in 1936, and brought up in Ayrshire. His plays include The King (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh), Diehard (Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh), The Aquarium, The Burning, Play Donkey, Herman and Clay Bull (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh). Television includes Wally Dugs Go in Pairs, The Kite and Bloodhunt. He was Head of Radio Drama for BBC Scotland from 1977 until 1992. Stewart Conn is also an acclaimed poet, and was Edinburgh's inaugural Makar (Poet Laureate) from 2002-2005. His poetry collections include Estuary, The Loving Cup, The Breakfast Room, Ghosts at Cockrow, In the Kibble Palace, Under the Ice and The Luncheon of the Boating Party. He received the 2011 SMIT Poetry Book of the Year Award, and won the inaugural Institute of Contemporary Scotland's Iain Crichton Smith Award for services to literature.

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Sku

GOR013349761

ISBN 13

9781783190010

ISBN 10

1783190019

Titel

I Didn't Always Live Here Stewart Conn

Autor

Stewart Conn

Serien

Oberon Modern Plays

Zustand

Gebraucht - Wie Neu

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Datum

2013-03-25

Anzahl der Seiten

96

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N/A

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