Mercer Plays: 1

Where the Difference Begins; A Suitable Case for Treatment; The Governor's Lady; On the Eve of Publication; The Cellar and the Almond Tree; Emma's Time; After Haggerty

Fiction & Literature, Drama, Nonfiction, Entertainment
Cover of the book Mercer Plays: 1 by David Mercer, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Mercer ISBN: 9781408161166
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: December 10, 2013
Imprint: Methuen Drama Language: English
Author: David Mercer
ISBN: 9781408161166
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: December 10, 2013
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Language: English

The first volume of stage and TV plays by one of the best British TV writers

Where the Difference Begins, a naturalist play for television, is about the "difference" between thirties deprivation and fifties affluence, between material prosperity and its accompanying spiritual and political apathy, as embodied by sixty-year-old railwayman Wilf and his sons; A Suitable Case for Treatment, a play for television, portrays a man who, on account of his communist beliefs, is unable to conform to the world around him and associates more with the gorilla he sees in the zoo than with his own wife; The Governor's Lady is set in colonial Africa focussing on a reactionary central figure; broadcast on BBC TV during the lates 60s and early 70s The Kelvin trilogy (On the Eve of Publication, The Cellar and the Almond Tree and Emma's Time) moves between Britain and Eastern Europe, the the past and the present.

After Haggerty, Mercer's first major stage success is, in the playwright's own words "an intervention and a commentary on the supposed revolutionary theatre of 1968 and after."

Mercer "demands in my mind the saem love and esteem I feel for Gorky. They share a generosity of spirit, a desire for change, and a savage compassion for those who must be changed." David Jones (director)

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The first volume of stage and TV plays by one of the best British TV writers

Where the Difference Begins, a naturalist play for television, is about the "difference" between thirties deprivation and fifties affluence, between material prosperity and its accompanying spiritual and political apathy, as embodied by sixty-year-old railwayman Wilf and his sons; A Suitable Case for Treatment, a play for television, portrays a man who, on account of his communist beliefs, is unable to conform to the world around him and associates more with the gorilla he sees in the zoo than with his own wife; The Governor's Lady is set in colonial Africa focussing on a reactionary central figure; broadcast on BBC TV during the lates 60s and early 70s The Kelvin trilogy (On the Eve of Publication, The Cellar and the Almond Tree and Emma's Time) moves between Britain and Eastern Europe, the the past and the present.

After Haggerty, Mercer's first major stage success is, in the playwright's own words "an intervention and a commentary on the supposed revolutionary theatre of 1968 and after."

Mercer "demands in my mind the saem love and esteem I feel for Gorky. They share a generosity of spirit, a desire for change, and a savage compassion for those who must be changed." David Jones (director)

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Plataea 479 BC by David Mercer
Cover of the book Writing Short Stories by David Mercer
Cover of the book Fitter, Further, Faster by David Mercer
Cover of the book The Spanish Virgin by David Mercer
Cover of the book Mutina 43 BC by David Mercer
Cover of the book New Philosophy of Social Conflict by David Mercer
Cover of the book Tanks of Hitler’s Eastern Allies 1941–45 by David Mercer
Cover of the book Independence by David Mercer
Cover of the book The Ellie McDoodle Diaries: Have Pen, Will Travel by David Mercer
Cover of the book Check Your English Vocabulary for TOEFL by David Mercer
Cover of the book A Family and a Fortune by David Mercer
Cover of the book Year 10 by David Mercer
Cover of the book Certain Death in Sierra Leone by David Mercer
Cover of the book The Federal Idea by David Mercer
Cover of the book Shakespeare's Acts of Will by David Mercer
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy