Mike Bartlett Plays: Two

Mike Bartlett


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3.00 · 1 ratings · 464 pages · Published: 18 Apr 2023

Mike Bartlett Plays: Two by Mike Bartlett
Five ambitious and exciting plays by the multi-award-winning playwright, hailed as "one of the prime movers in a new golden generation of British playwrights" ( Independent ), and introduced by the author. Earthquakes in London  (National Theatre & Headlong, 2010) is an epic drama about climate change, population explosion, social breakdown and worldwide paranoia, travelling from 1968 to 2525 and back again. "The theatrical equivalent of a thrilling roller-coaster ride" ( Daily Telegraph ). Love, Love, Love  (Paines Plough & Drum Theatre Plymouth, UK tour, 2010; Royal Court & Paines Plough, 2012) examines the baby boomer generation, from coming-of-age in the 1960s to retirement-age more than forty years later, in a play that "does the clash of generational world views with a devastating precision" ( Guardian ). The Enemy  is a short play in which a journalist seizes an opportunity to interview the man who shot Osama bin Laden. It was staged by Headlong as part of  Decade  (St Katherine's Dock, London, 2011), exploring 9/11 and its legacy. 13  (National Theatre, 2011) is a panoramic drama in which a young man returns to London, a city riven by social protest and upheaval, with a radical vision for the future. Premiered on the National's largest stage, it confirmed Bartlett's ability to tackle epic themes with supreme "His ambition is distinctive and immense" ( Evening Standard ). Medea  (Headlong, UK tour, 2012) is a startlingly modern version of Euripides' tragedy, exploring a woman's private fury at her husband's infidelity, while imprisoned in her marital home. "A savage play for today, superbly well done" ( Mail on Sunday ).  

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