Earthquakes in London, 9781350138803
Paperback
Sisters struggle amidst chaos as a scientist predicts global doom.

Earthquakes in London

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  • Paperback

    200 pages

  • Release Date

    3 November 2021

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Summary

Earthquakes in London: A Play for a World on the Brink

It’s Cabaret, we’ve got our heads down and we’re dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn’t have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone…. You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out.

Earthquakes in London is a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters at…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350138803
ISBN-10:1350138800
Series:Student Editions
Author:Mike Bartlett, Bridget Escolme
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Methuen Drama
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:200
Release Date:3 November 2021
Weight:173g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 14mm
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Critics Review

The theatrical equivalent of a thrilling roller coaster ride. It swoops and twists, rushes and soars, and provides a great shot of adrenaline-fuelled excitement … the sheer energy and ambition of the piece are irresistible. * Daily Telegraph *Full of ideas and invention … This demented carnival confirms Bartlett … as one of our most exciting young playwrights. * Evening Standard *

About The Author

Mike Bartlett

Mike Bartlett is one of the most prolific playwrights of today. His debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed by The Stage as ‘one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times’. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award for Artefacts (Bush Theatre). In 2009, his play Cock won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, while Contractions was nominated for the TMA Best New Play award. Bartlett was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court in 2007, and is currently Associate Playwright at Paines Plough. He has also written seven plays for the radio, including Not Talking for which he won the Writer’s Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes.

Bridget Escolme is Professor of Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

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