In London Came the plague in sixteen sixty five One hundred thousand
dead But I alive. London is infected. The dead fall in the streets. As
the plague pits fill, the people of London struggle to maintain a
society in the face of overwhelming mortality. Based on eye-witness
accounts from 1665 and drawing poetic parallels with modern epidemics,
Ten Plagues relates one man's journey through a city in crisis. Told
entirely through a series of songs, Ten Plagues explores humanity's
struggle with sickness and death and celebrates our capacity for
survival. This volume also contains The Coronation of Poppea, a new
version of Monteverdi's opera depicting the triumphant adultery
between Poppea and Roman Emperor Nero. Tackling this tale of epic
lives, Ravenhill updates Tacitus' scathing portrayal of decadence and
imperial degeneracy with language which is contemporary, spare and
brutally powerful. Taking opera librettos as a foundation, this volume
presents two texts for modern music theatre by the seminally
controversial playwright Mark Ravenhill. Mark Ravenhill's introduction
to the volume explains the inspiration and writing process behind the
two pieces.
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ISBN
9781408165911
Publisert
2015
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Methuen Drama
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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