Phoenix, phoenix burning bright / written by Arnold Wesker.
By: Wesker, Arnold [author.].
Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (pages 343-392).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781350208605.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Drama | Political plays, EnglishGenre/Form: Drama.Online resources: View this item online In: Wesker, Arnold, Arnold Wesker's political playsSummary: "Two couples, one Danish one English, share a warm Whitsun holiday in the Cambridgeshire countryside. KARL-OLAF, a historian, is spending a post-graduate year in Cambridge with his wife, JANIKA, a social worker, and their two children. RAPHAEL, professor of history of art, (and one time senior lecturer to KARL-OLAF), together with his wife, MADEAU, are visiting the Danes. Balmy days are spent eating, cycling, lazing in the sun, listening to music, and conversing. KARL-OLAF and JANIKA are having matrimonial problems. RAPHAEL is going through a crisis of political belief, with MADEAU anxiously looking on. the calm and balmy days contrast with tensions of heart and mind"--arnoldwesker.com.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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"Two couples, one Danish one English, share a warm Whitsun holiday in the Cambridgeshire countryside. KARL-OLAF, a historian, is spending a post-graduate year in Cambridge with his wife, JANIKA, a social worker, and their two children. RAPHAEL, professor of history of art, (and one time senior lecturer to KARL-OLAF), together with his wife, MADEAU, are visiting the Danes. Balmy days are spent eating, cycling, lazing in the sun, listening to music, and conversing. KARL-OLAF and JANIKA are having matrimonial problems. RAPHAEL is going through a crisis of political belief, with MADEAU anxiously looking on. the calm and balmy days contrast with tensions of heart and mind"--arnoldwesker.com.
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