Wasted

A Student Edition of Kate Tempest's critically acclaimed play Wasted.

Zusatztext Kate Tempest is a poet and rapper! jobs whose cadences shine enticingly through in the punchy rhythms of her writing. Theatre has borrowed her for her debut play and I heartily suggest we try to make the arrangement permanent! as Tempest provides a welcome shot in drama's arm ... Tempest's is a talent to be harnessed! not wasted. Informationen zum Autor Kate Tempest was born in London in 1985. Her work includes the plays Wasted, Glasshouse, and Hopelessly Devoted ; the poetry collections Everything Speaks in its Own Way and Hold Your Own ; the albums Everybody Down, Balance, and Let Them Eat Chaos ; the long poems Brand New Ancients and Let Them Eat Chaos; and her debut novel, The Bricks that Built the Houses . Dr Katie Beswick is a lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter, UK. She has published widely on theatre and council estates in journals including Research in Drama Education, Performance Research and New Theatre Quarterly and her monograph Social Housing in Performance, is due to be published by Bloomsbury in 2019. Klappentext Three old friends in their mid-twenties. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, it's time to seize control. Make a difference. Change things. This is it.A day trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The rapid-fire words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, soundtracked by an exhilarating score.A play about love, life and losing your mind, Wasted heralded the dramatic career of one of the UK's most exciting performance poets, Kate Tempest. It was originally produced by Paines Plough and is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Katie Beswick, lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter.The ancillary material is geared at students and includes:- an introduction outlining the play's plot, character, themes context and performance history- the full text of the play- a chronology of the playwright's life and work- extensive textual notesA Student Edition of Kate Tempest's critically acclaimed play Wasted . Zusammenfassung Three old friends in their mid-twenties. One remarkable day. For Ted! Danny and Charlotte! it's time to seize control. Make a difference. Change things. This is it.A day trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London! where life is what you make it. The rapid-fire words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world! soundtracked by an exhilarating score.A play about love! life and losing your mind! Wasted heralded the dramatic career of one of the UK's most exciting performance poets! Kate Tempest. It was originally produced by Paines Plough and is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Katie Beswick! lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter.The ancillary material is geared at students and includes:- an introduction outlining the play's plot! character! themes context and performance history- the full text of the play- a chronology of the playwright's life and work- extensive textual notes Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Chronology ContextFormThemesFirst ProductionOther plays/performancesText of the play...

Kate Tempest is a poet and rapper, jobs whose cadences shine enticingly through in the punchy rhythms of her writing. Theatre has borrowed her for her debut play and I heartily suggest we try to make the arrangement permanent, as Tempest provides a welcome shot in drama's arm ... Tempest's is a talent to be harnessed, not wasted.

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A Student Edition of Kate Tempest's critically acclaimed play Wasted.

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Kae Tempest

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Three old friends in their mid-twenties. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, it's time to seize control. Make a difference. Change things. This is it. A day trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The rapid-fire words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, soundtracked by an exhilarating score. A play about love, life and losing your mind, Wasted heralded the dramatic career of one of the UK's most exciting performance poets, Kate Tempest. It was originally produced by Paines Plough and is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Katie Beswick, lecturer in Drama at the University of Exeter. The ancillary material is geared at students and includes: - an introduction outlining the play's plot, character, themes context and performance history - the full text of the play - a chronology of the playwright's life and work - extensive textual notes

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Introduction: Chronology Context Form Themes First Production Other plays/performances Text of the play