- 200 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Earthquakes in London
About This Book
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 attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate change. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again. Earthquakes in London first published in 2010 and has subsequently become a much-produced and widely studied drama text. It is published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Bridget Escolme. 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
- questions for further study
- an interview with the playwright
Frequently asked questions
Information
Marina | Lucy May Barker |
Tom | Gary Carr |
Young Robert | Brian Ferguson |
Grace / Receptionist / Jogger | Polly Frame |
Simon / Roy | Tom Godwin |
Colin | Tom Goodman-Hill |
Carter | Michael Gould |
Peter | Bryony Hannah |
Businessman / Daniel / Student / Doctor Harris / Barman | Clive Hayward |
Mrs Andrews | Anne Lacey |
Supermarket Worker / Young Man / Tim | Syrus Lowe |
Freya | Anna Madeley |
Robert | Bill Paterson |
Jasmine | Jessica Raine |
Casey / Old Woman / Sally / Liberty | Maggie Service |
Steve | Geoffrey Streatfeild |
Sarah | Lia Williams |
Director | Rupert Goold |
Set Designer | Miriam Buether |
Costume Designer | Katrina Lindsay |
Lighting Designer | Howard Harrison |
Music | Alex Baranowski |
Projection Designer | Jon Driscoll |
Choreographer | Scott Ambler |
Sound Designer | Gregory Clarke |
Company Voice Work | Jeannette Nelson |
Project developed for Headlong | by Ben Power |
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Contents
- Chronology
- Epic and Intimate: Mike Bartlett’s Political Theatre
- EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON
- Notes
- Copyright