Educating Agnes: from Moliere's The 'School for Wives' by Liz Lochhead (English)

Description: Educating Agnes by Liz Lochhead Much-loved poet and playwright Liz Lochhead has rendered Molières 17th-century romp into sparkling – and often naughty – Scots-inflected rhyming couplets for the premiere production by Glasgow-based Theatre Babel. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A dark and wickedly funny farce about one mans twisted attempts to find a woman he can control completely. Adapted from Molières classic comedy The School for Wives by Liz Lochhead, Scotlands greatest living dramatist (Scotland on Sunday).Hes old, rich and determined to find the perfect wife. Shes young, innocent and in debt to him. Hell have her by any means possible...Wives like your one, those with all the smarts,The ballbreakers, theyre the ones to break our hearts...So pick a simple girl - its not rocket science!Liz Lochheads play Educating Agnes was first staged by Theatre Babel at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in 2008.A daft, boisterous, big-hearted comedy that merrily weaves references to Kinsey and Cosmo on to Molières 17th-century frame— GuardianLochhead has fashioned a fabulous script, working Molières playful rhymes into a robust, clever and hilarious Scots-English... shifts brilliantly between "high" and "low" registers, all the better to draw out the plays comedy of hypocritical sexual manners— TelegraphPure bliss... Lochheads extraordinary facility for manipulating the meter has never been bettered. She exploits every trick in the book to make the verse sayable but maintain the comic effect— The Times Author Biography Liz Lochhead is a poet, playwright, performer and broadcaster.Her original stage plays include Thon Man Molière, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off, Blood and Ice, Good Things and Perfect Days. Her many stage adaptations include Dracula, Molières Tartuffe, Miseryguts (based on Le Misanthrope) and Educating Agnes (based on LÉcole des Femmes); as well as versions of Medea by Euripides (for which she won the Scottish Book of the Year Award in 2001), and Thebans (adapted mainly from Sophocles Oedipus and Antigone).Her collections of poetry include Dreaming Frankenstein, The Colour of Black & White, A Choosing (Selected Poems), Fugitive Colours and True Confessions, a collection of monologues and theatre lyrics. She served a five-year term as Scotlands Makar, or National Poet, from 2011 till 2016, and was awarded the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry, 2015. She won the Sunday Herald Scottish Culture Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. Review A daft, boisterous, big-hearted comedy that merrily weaves references to Kinsey and Cosmo on to Molières 17th-century frame * Guardian *Lochhead has fashioned a fabulous script, working Molières playful rhymes into a robust, clever and hilarious Scots-English... shifts brilliantly between "high" and "low" registers, all the better to draw out the plays comedy of hypocritical sexual manners * Telegraph *Pure bliss... Lochheads extraordinary facility for manipulating the meter has never been bettered. She exploits every trick in the book to make the verse sayable but maintain the comic effect * The Times * Review Quote Pure bliss... Lochheads extraordinary facility for manipulating the meter has never been bettered. She exploits every trick in the book to make the verse sayable but maintain the comic effect Excerpt from Book Wives like your one, those with all the smarts, The ballbreakers, theyre the ones to break our hearts... So pick a simple girl - its not rocket science! Details ISBN1854595334 Short Title EDUCATING AGNES Publisher Nick Hern Books Language English Translator Liz Lochhead ISBN-10 1854595334 ISBN-13 9781854595331 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Nick Hern Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.914 Author Liz Lochhead Birth 1947 Subtitle from Molieres The School for Wives Series NHB Modern Plays AU Release Date 2008-05-01 NZ Release Date 2008-05-01 UK Release Date 2008-05-01 Pages 96 Year 2008 Publication Date 2008-05-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159805398;

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