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Bad Blood Blues
written by Paul Sirett, fl. 1992 (London, England: Oberon Books, 2013, originally published 2009), 64 page(s)
Are Africans being exploited as ‘guinea pigs’ to test new drugs for multi-national pharmaceutical companies? Why is HIV/AIDS treatment too expensive for countries where the virus is most rife? Is it okay to sacrifi ce lives to protect the integrity of medical studies? Bad Blood Blues is a powerfully intense new...
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written by Paul Sirett, fl. 1992 (London, England: Oberon Books, 2013, originally published 2009), 64 page(s)
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Are Africans being exploited as ‘guinea pigs’ to test new drugs for multi-national pharmaceutical companies? Why is HIV/AIDS treatment too expensive for countries where the virus is most rife? Is it okay to sacrifi ce lives to protect the integrity of medical studies? Bad Blood Blues is a powerfully intense new play that leads us deep into a personal and sexual moral maze while confronting the ethics of HIV/AIDS drug trials in Africa.
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Theatre
Content Type
Play
Author / Creator
Paul Sirett, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2009, 2013
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
AIDS, Medical treatments and procedures, Clare, Patrice, Bluesman
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Copyright © Paul Sirett, 2009
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Behsharam (Shameless)
written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, fl. 2003, in Bhatti: Plays One, by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti. (London: Oberon, 2014). p. NA (Oberon Books, 2014, originally published 2014), 71 page(s)
Behsharam (Shameless) Two daughters, two mothers, one father, a cardboard cut-out and a foul-mouthed granny – a household at war and a family which will do anything to protect its secrets.
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written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, fl. 2003, in Bhatti: Plays One, by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti. (London: Oberon, 2014). p. NA (Oberon Books, 2014, originally published 2014), 71 page(s)
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Behsharam (Shameless) Two daughters, two mothers, one father, a cardboard cut-out and a foul-mouthed granny – a household at war and a family which will do anything to protect its secrets.
Field of Study
Theatre
Content Type
Play
Author / Creator
Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Family, Secrets, Jaspal, Father, Beji, Sita, Patrick, Director
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Copyright © Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, 2014
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Bobin and Mikado
written by Adeline Picault, 1982-, in The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary French Plays, edited and translated by Chris Campbell. (London: Oberon Books, 2017), pp. 192-257 (Oberon Books, 2017, originally published 2008), 67 page(s)
A diverse selection of contemporary plays from a range of established and up-and-coming playwrights based in France, edited and translated by Chris Campbell, Literary Manager of the Royal Court.‘The four works in this collection illustrate how contemporary French playwriting cannot be confined to any particular...
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written by Adeline Picault, 1982-, in The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary French Plays, edited and translated by Chris Campbell. (London: Oberon Books, 2017), pp. 192-257 (Oberon Books, 2017, originally published 2008), 67 page(s)
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A diverse selection of contemporary plays from a range of established and up-and-coming playwrights based in France, edited and translated by Chris Campbell, Literary Manager of the Royal Court.‘The four works in this collection illustrate how contemporary French playwriting cannot be confined to any particular tendencies. Notwithstanding, if one might claim – rather reductively – that UK playwriting tends to focus on social, political or e...
A diverse selection of contemporary plays from a range of established and up-and-coming playwrights based in France, edited and translated by Chris Campbell, Literary Manager of the Royal Court.‘The four works in this collection illustrate how contemporary French playwriting cannot be confined to any particular tendencies. Notwithstanding, if one might claim – rather reductively – that UK playwriting tends to focus on social, political or economic issues, then French playwriting tends to foreground form. The wholesale rejection of naturalism begun at the turn of the twentieth century by Alfred Jarry and Roger Vitrac, and taken to its extreme by post-war authors including Beckett and Nathalie Sarraute, led to the explosion of classical theatrical notions like narrative coherence, linear action, psychological characterization and comprehensible dialogue, which were replaced by dissolute poetic fragments. Theatre became a laboratory for research into formal possibility. Contemporary plays in French often push the boundaries of conventional theatrical presentation and production, posing new challenges for directors and actors, who are obliged to revise and renew their dramatic practice in order to stage them. So, too, do these plays pose challenges for translators, and Chris Campbell has succeeded with modest mastery in rendering the music of each of the four authors’ individual voices in his translations.’ Dr Clare Finburgh, University of Kent, from her introduction.
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Theatre
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Play
Contributor
Chris Campbell, fl. 2017
Author / Creator
Adeline Picault, 1982-
Date Published / Released
2008, 2017
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Suicides, Broken relationships, Romantic relationships, Bobin, Mikado, Jim
Copyright Message
Translation copyright © Chris Campbell, 2017; Till Death (Jusqu’à ce que la mort nous sépare) copyright © Remi De Vos, 2017; Erwin Motors (Erwin Motor, dévotion) copyright © Magali Mougel, 2017; Alta Villa (Alta Villa: contrepoint) copyright © Lancelot Hamelin, 2017; Bobin and Mikado (Bobine et Mikado) copyright © Adeline Picault, 2017
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Compact Failure
written by Jennifer Farmer, fl. 2003 (London, England: Oberon Books, 2007, originally published 2004), 97 page(s)
Rules are rules. But in a place where true friendship is gold dust, rules beg to be broken. Chelle and Denise go way back. Denise, with her loud mouth and long extensions, made the same-old-same-old of prison life not so bad. But when Densie leaves, with no goodbye, no nothing, Chelle figures she's just run out of...
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written by Jennifer Farmer, fl. 2003 (London, England: Oberon Books, 2007, originally published 2004), 97 page(s)
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Rules are rules. But in a place where true friendship is gold dust, rules beg to be broken. Chelle and Denise go way back. Denise, with her loud mouth and long extensions, made the same-old-same-old of prison life not so bad. But when Densie leaves, with no goodbye, no nothing, Chelle figures she's just run out of friendships. Then Ruthie walks in...The story of their friendship unfolds in Jennifer Farmer's sharp and richly textured play. A produ...
Rules are rules. But in a place where true friendship is gold dust, rules beg to be broken. Chelle and Denise go way back. Denise, with her loud mouth and long extensions, made the same-old-same-old of prison life not so bad. But when Densie leaves, with no goodbye, no nothing, Chelle figures she's just run out of friendships. Then Ruthie walks in...The story of their friendship unfolds in Jennifer Farmer's sharp and richly textured play. A production of Compact Failure by Clean Break Theatre Company, opened at Manchester Contact in October 2004, followed by a UK tour.
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Author / Creator
Jennifer Farmer, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2004, 2007
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Friendships, Prisoners, Chelle, Ruthie, Maya, Senior Officer Chris Payne, Officer Lydia Harrison, Nadia, Officer Nutley
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004 Oberon Books
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Concealment
written by Reza de Wet, 1952-2012, in Reza de Wet: Two Plays, by Reza de Wet. (London: Oberon, 2007). p. NA (Oberon Books, 2007, originally published 2007), 67 page(s)
In Concealment, Amy and her father travel to South Africa to retrieve her recently widowed sister, but are disturbed to find her untouched by grief, unwilling to return and drawn instead to the wild, natural beauty of her moonlit garden.
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written by Reza de Wet, 1952-2012, in Reza de Wet: Two Plays, by Reza de Wet. (London: Oberon, 2007). p. NA (Oberon Books, 2007, originally published 2007), 67 page(s)
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In Concealment, Amy and her father travel to South Africa to retrieve her recently widowed sister, but are disturbed to find her untouched by grief, unwilling to return and drawn instead to the wild, natural beauty of her moonlit garden.
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Theatre
Content Type
Play
Author / Creator
Reza de Wet, 1952-2012
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Widowed persons, Gardens, Sisters, Father, Amy, May
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Copyright © Reza de Wet, 2007
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The Darker Face of the Earth
written by Rita Dove, 1952- (London, England: Oberon Books, 1996, originally published 1994), 134 page(s)
Published to coincide with its British premiere at the Royal National Theatre, The Darker Face of the Earth
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written by Rita Dove, 1952- (London, England: Oberon Books, 1996, originally published 1994), 134 page(s)
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Published to coincide with its British premiere at the Royal National Theatre, The Darker Face of the Earth
Field of Study
Theatre
Content Type
Play
Author / Creator
Rita Dove, 1952-
Date Published / Released
1994, 1996
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Domestic matters, Family, Romance, Social problems, Phebe, Psyche, Ticey, Diana, Narrator, Hector, Alexander, Scipio, Augustus Newcastle, Amalia Jennings Lafarge, Louis Lafarge, Doctor, Jones, Leader, Benjamin Skeene, Henry Blake, Scylla
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Copyright © Rita Dove 1994, 1996
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The Dog, the Night, and the Knife
written by Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-, in Marius Von Mayenburg: Three Plays, by Marius Von Mayenburg. (London, England; London: Oberon Books, 2015), pp. 7-57 (Oberon Books, 2015, originally published 2015), 52 page(s)
A nocturnal flaneur gets caught in a nightmare of murder and desire. In Marius von Mayenburg’s plays, dreams and reality are very closely linked and social existence is an endangered construction.
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written by Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-, in Marius Von Mayenburg: Three Plays, by Marius Von Mayenburg. (London, England; London: Oberon Books, 2015), pp. 7-57 (Oberon Books, 2015, originally published 2015), 52 page(s)
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A nocturnal flaneur gets caught in a nightmare of murder and desire. In Marius von Mayenburg’s plays, dreams and reality are very closely linked and social existence is an endangered construction.
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Theatre
Content Type
Play
Contributor
Maja Zade, fl. 1997
Author / Creator
Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Violence, Memory loss, Murder, M, Dogman, Policeman, Patient, Doctor, Dog, Youngest Sister, Older Sister, Criminal, Lawyer, Nurse
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Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2004; English translation Eldorado © Maja Zade, 2015; Der Hund, die Nacht und das Messer by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2008; English translation The Dog, the Night and the Knife © Maja Zade, 2015; Perplex by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berli...
Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2004; English translation Eldorado © Maja Zade, 2015; Der Hund, die Nacht und das Messer by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2008; English translation The Dog, the Night and the Knife © Maja Zade, 2015; Perplex by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2011; English translation Perplex © Maja Zade, 2015
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Eldorado
written by Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-, in Marius Von Mayenburg: Three Plays, by Marius Von Mayenburg. (London, England; London: Oberon Books, 2015), pp. 58-123 (Oberon Books, 2015, originally published 2015), 67 page(s)
A canny businessman is suddenly brought low. In Marius von Mayenburg’s plays, dreams and reality are very closely linked and social existence is an endangered construction.
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written by Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-, in Marius Von Mayenburg: Three Plays, by Marius Von Mayenburg. (London, England; London: Oberon Books, 2015), pp. 58-123 (Oberon Books, 2015, originally published 2015), 67 page(s)
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A canny businessman is suddenly brought low. In Marius von Mayenburg’s plays, dreams and reality are very closely linked and social existence is an endangered construction.
Field of Study
Theatre
Content Type
Play
Contributor
Maja Zade, fl. 1997
Author / Creator
Marius von Mayenburg, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
War, Bombardment, Mental health, Aschenbrenner, Thekla, Anton, Greta, Oskar, Manuela
Copyright Message
Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2004; English translation Eldorado © Maja Zade, 2015; Der Hund, die Nacht und das Messer by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2008; English translation The Dog, the Night and the Knife © Maja Zade, 2015; Perplex by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berli...
Eldorado by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2004; English translation Eldorado © Maja Zade, 2015; Der Hund, die Nacht und das Messer by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2008; English translation The Dog, the Night and the Knife © Maja Zade, 2015; Perplex by Marius von Mayenburg © henschel SCHAUSPIEL Theaterverlag Berlin GmbH, 2011; English translation Perplex © Maja Zade, 2015
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The Empress
written by Tanika Gupta, 1963- (London, England: Oberon Books, 2013, originally published 2013), 147 page(s)
A passionate British queen. A fearless Indian woman. A silenced history revealedIt is Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing e...
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written by Tanika Gupta, 1963- (London, England: Oberon Books, 2013, originally published 2013), 147 page(s)
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A passionate British queen. A fearless Indian woman. A silenced history revealedIt is Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen.Blending the true sto...
A passionate British queen. A fearless Indian woman. A silenced history revealedIt is Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, 1887. At Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second class citizen, the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India she rules but has never seen.Blending the true story of Queen Victoria’s relationship with Abdul Karim with the experiences of the Indian ayahs who came to Britain during the nineteenth century, The Empress brings a hidden part of British history gloriously to life.
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Author / Creator
Tanika Gupta, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Ethnic relations, Racism, Imperialism, Monarchy, Nationalism, Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887, Rani Das, Hari Sharma, Abdul Karim, Dadabhai Naoroji, Queen Victoria, Lascar Sally, Lady Sarah, Georgina, Lord John Oakham, Firoza, Serang, MK Gandhi, Susan Matthews, Charlotte, Mary, William
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Copyright © Tanika Gupta, 2013
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The Fear of Breathing: Stories from the Syrian Revolution
written by Ruth Sherlock, fl. 2012, Zoe Lafferty, fl. 2012 and Paul Wood, 2012- (London, England: Oberon Books, 2012, originally published 2012), 83 page(s)
‘The most dangerous thing you can do in this country is speak the word freedom.’ The world premiere of a new play based entirely on verbatim reports from inside Syria itself. As thousands have been tortured, jailed, maimed or killed by the Syrian regime, The Fear of Breathing is a hard-hitting evocation of a l...
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written by Ruth Sherlock, fl. 2012, Zoe Lafferty, fl. 2012 and Paul Wood, 2012- (London, England: Oberon Books, 2012, originally published 2012), 83 page(s)
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‘The most dangerous thing you can do in this country is speak the word freedom.’ The world premiere of a new play based entirely on verbatim reports from inside Syria itself. As thousands have been tortured, jailed, maimed or killed by the Syrian regime, The Fear of Breathing is a hard-hitting evocation of a life or death fight for freedom, experienced from the inside. To uncover these personal stories from the uprising, award-winning journal...
‘The most dangerous thing you can do in this country is speak the word freedom.’ The world premiere of a new play based entirely on verbatim reports from inside Syria itself. As thousands have been tortured, jailed, maimed or killed by the Syrian regime, The Fear of Breathing is a hard-hitting evocation of a life or death fight for freedom, experienced from the inside. To uncover these personal stories from the uprising, award-winning journalists Paul Wood of the BBC and Ruth Sherlock of The Daily Telegraph, together with theatre director Zoe Lafferty, travelled into Syria covertly, circumventing the ban on journalists and restrictions on movement for all non-Syrians. Immersed in Syria’s suffocating environment of oppression and fear, they spoke to protesters facing tanks and guns, soldiers who deserted to form the Free Army, activists who dream of change, as well as citizens who love President Bashar al-Assad and are terrified of a future without him. Featuring verbatim scenes, interviews and stories, The Fear of Breathing is a powerful and profoundly disturbing portrait of a revolution struggling to survive.
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Author / Creator
Ruth Sherlock, fl. 2012, Zoe Lafferty, fl. 2012, Paul Wood, 2012-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Oberon Books
Topic / Theme
Civil war, Revolutions, Oppression (Psychology), Civilian war casualties, Syrian Civil War, 2011-, Omar, Quataba, Muhummad, Faha, Ahmad, Peter, Mother, Qais, Photographer, Khaled, Idris, Adnan, Ismail, Girl, Doctor, Guards, Activists, Demonstrators, FSA Soldiers, Civilians
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Copyright © Ruth Sherlock, Paul Wood and Zoe Lafferty, 2012
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