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Sarah Kane Season (Royal Court)

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Newest Review: ... Channel 4 also screened her short film, Skin. The season began in March with a mainstage production of what many thought at its first production in 1998, was mere controversial railings. At its new airing, almost all of the critics that were originally scathing, apologised and loved it.Perhaps seeing it after her death enabled them to view it in a new light. This play and the two rehearsed ... more

... readings and the final play, 4.48 Psychosis, were all directed by James Macdonald, the director who first staged them too. Blasted has as its main protagonist, a journalist called Ian, a sexist, racist man, but one with feelings. The play is set in a hot...more

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Sarah Kane Season (Royal Court): Mind-blowing theatre from London's finest theatre. (415 words)
by sean28 - written on 16/06/01 (Very useful, 853 readings)
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This may seem a strange subject to write on, now that this season has ended, but don't stop reading here, because if only for future reference, these plays should be seen wherever they are performed in the future. Sarah Kane committed suicide aged 28 in the winter of 1999, leaving a small but crucial collection of plays.The Royal Court, where for a while Ms Kane was writer-in-residence, performed most of her work in her lifetime, and recently had a season of her work, with rehearsed readings and productions of her plays. To coincide with this season, Channel 4 also screened her short film, Skin. The season began in March with a mainstage production of what ...

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