David Edgar ist ein englischer Dramatiker, dessen Werk tief in einer Familientradition des Theaters verwurzelt ist. Schon in jungen Jahren zeigte er ein tiefes Interesse am Schreiben von Theaterstücken und an der Welt des Theaters. Seine Stücke setzen sich oft mit aktuellen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Fragen auseinander und erforschen diese mit einem scharfen Verständnis der menschlichen Natur. Edgars dramatischen Stil zeichnet sich durch seine intellektuelle Tiefe aus und seine Fähigkeit, das Publikum in die komplexen Fragen unserer Zeit einzubeziehen.
This selection of David Edgar's dramatic work features three plays: Ecclesiastes, a late 1970s radio play; his acclaimed stage version of Nicholas Nickleby; and Entertaining Strangers, an English left-wing social drama.
A romantic comedy set in 1804. This title inhabits terrain somewhere between Jane Austen and Dickens with its self-centred middle classes, its nearby garrison and scheming low lives.
How Plays Work is both a masterclass for playwrights and playmakers and a fascinating guide to the anatomy of drama. In this revised edition, Edgar brings the book right up to date with analyses of many recent plays, as well as explorations of emerging genres and new innovations in playwriting practice.
NEW! from Longman School DramaThis compelling play makes Stevenson's classic pre-1914 novella accessible to pupils, whilst remaining faithful to the original prose, allowing them to fully engage with the plot and themes.
This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the seventies
A brand new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic - one of the most loved short stories ever written. In one ghostly Christmas night, cold-hearted businessman Ebenezer Scrooge learns to pity himself and to love his neighbour - but is that enough? A brand new adaptation for the Royal Shakespeare Company of the Christmas classic.
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror story.
Starting with international peace brokers playing simulation games on a university campus, David Edgar's intensely political play spirals upward and outward to present a situation of real conflict over bloodily unresolvable life-and-death issues.
Seit seiner Jugend weiss Doktor Jekyll um sein gespaltenes Ich, aber die dunkle Seite hat er zeitlebens verdrängt. Mit Hilfe eines geheimnisvollen Elixiers gelingt es ihm, seine Identität nach Belieben zu wechseln. Doch der mysteriöse Mr. Hyde wird immer mächtiger und droht das Gute zu verschlingen.
The newest play by one of England's leading playwrights.