Betts: Plays Two : Incarcerator; Five Visions of the Faithful; Silence and Violence; The Biggleswade; The Last Days of Diser

Includes the plays Incarcerator, Five Visions of the Faithful, Silence and Violence, The Last Days of Desire, The Biggleswades.

With an Introduction by David Pownall, and an essay by Peter Craze

A volume of language-rich, theatrically-ambitious tragedies. Betts’ hugely popular verse drama Incarcerator (White Bear and BAC) was a Time Out Critics' Choice, while his Five Visions of the Faithful (White Bear), is a series of uncompromising narratives exploring freedom, faith, death and desire. In Silence and Violence the wife of a war hero seduces a much-reviled sculptor as Betts examines the artist’s quest for self-expression in a Philistine state. Betts’ first radio play, The Last Days of Desire, was commissioned by the BBC.

“Betts is an immensely promising talent destined for great things” —What's On Stage

“Just about the most original and extraordinary writer of drama we have...a boldly visionary poet...a political Beckett...a flamingly original writer we ignore at our peril.” —LIZ LOCHHEAD, NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND

“An uncommonly talented playwright” —TIME OUT

“Betts has a profound and highly original theatrical voice.” —DAILY TELEGRAPH