Light in the Village

Häftad, Engelska, 1991

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A devastatingly effective modern parable about poverty and corruption in an Indian village.Jo Clifford's play Light in the Village opens with the Goddess Kali addressing the audience in a broad Scottish accent. In the village, where poor people stay forever poor, governed by their corrupt masters, enlightenment takes many forms. Who will bring light to the village?The play was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1991.

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Utgivningsdatum1991-11-14
Mått129 x 199 x 8 mm
Vikt91 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNHB Modern Plays
Antal sidor76
FörlagNick Hern Books
ISBN9781854591258

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Jo Clifford (formerly known as John Clifford) is an award-winning playwright, translator, poet and performer, who has also worked as a journalist and academic. She was instrumental in establishing the reputation of the Traverse Theatre Company in the 1980s.She is the author of about eighty plays, many of which have been performed all over the world. They include: Losing Venice, Every One, Faust and The Tree of Knowledge. Her adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations makes her the first openly transgendered woman playwright to have had a play on in London’s West End.