{"product_id":"9780413774019","title":"Kroetz Plays: 1 : The Farmyard; Request Programme; The Nest; Tom Fool; Through the Leaves; Desire","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKroetz Plays: 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Franz Xaver Kroetz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first collection of plays available in the UK by Germany's most famous living playwright. Spanning his work from 1972-94, the volume contains six of his most representative plays, some of which have been produced to great acclaim in this country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequest Concert \u003c\/i\u003e(1972) is an extraordinary silent play which shows the last moments in a woman's life before her suicide; \u003ci\u003eThe Nest \u003c\/i\u003e(1975) shows the fatal action that an employee takes in order to fulfil the wishes of an employer; \u003ci\u003eTom Fool \u003c\/i\u003e(1977) the story of an insecure Munich assembly-line worker, was a huge success, having its world premiere in four simultaneous productions in 1978; \u003ci\u003eThrough the Leaves \u003c\/i\u003e(1978): 'This is an astonishing event, a reminder of the potency of realism. At a time when style tends to dominate content, it proves that nothing is more gripping in theatre than social, psychological and economic truth' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, 2003); \u003ci\u003eDesire\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) deals with the last of all taboos, a serial sex offender's release after many years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThrough the Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, produced in London's West End in 2003 starring Simon Callow: 'A gripping and convincing study of emotional need' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e; 'A contemporary German classic' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780413774019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40600498766030,"sku":"9780413774019","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780413774019","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}