SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION by Howard Barker ( 9781849434683 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION

By:

Howard Barker

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1849434689

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9781849434683

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Publisher:

OBERON BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

28 August, 2012

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Description:

A contemporary classic, this is internationally renowned playwright Howard Barker's most famous and accessible play.

Synopsis:

"Commissioned to paint a vast canvas celebrating the triumphant Battle of Lepanto, the free-spirited Galactia creates instead a breathtaking scene of war-torn carnage. In her fierce determination to stay true to herself, she alienates the authorities and faces incarceration. Her younger lover Carpeta is approached to take over and seizes the assignment for himself. Howard Barker's Scenes from an Execution makes sixteenth century Venice the setting for a fearless exploration of sexual politics and the timeless tension between personal ambition and moral responsibility, between the patron's demands and the artist's autonomy. Art is opinion, and opinion is the source of all authority."

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Oberon Books Ltd

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