{"product_id":"barker-plays-six-uncle-vanya-a-house-of-correction-let-me-judith-lot-and-his-god-paperback","title":"Barker: Plays Six: (Uncle) Vanya; A House of Correction; Let Me; Judith; Lot and His God - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the plays Judith, (Uncle) Vanya, A House of Correction, Let Me and Lot and His God\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarker's radical rewriting of Chekhov's classic \u003cb\u003eUncle Vanya \u003c\/b\u003ebrought him more controversy than most of his other works put together. Interrogating not so much Chekhov's text as the use to which society has put it, Barker turns Vanya's defeat into victory and converts a play of sadness into a tragedy of desire. \u003cb\u003eA House of Correction\u003c\/b\u003e is a meditation on cause and effect. Set on the eve of a war which may destroy a society, the seemingly arbitrary arrival of a messenger with a vital communication sets off an agonizing train of events in the lives of three desperate women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew works of drama can have plumbed the depths of solitude and rage that characterize \u003cb\u003eLet Me\u003c\/b\u003e, a nightmare set on the frontiers of the Roman Empire during the barbarian invasions. Biblical narratives serve as the origin of two shorter works, of which \u003cb\u003eJudith\u003c\/b\u003e is a contemporary classic of cultural conflict, a reinterpretation of the status of the heroine in Israel's war of survival against the Assyrians. In \u003cb\u003eLot and His God\u003c\/b\u003e, the imminent destruction of Sodom simultaneously licenses the moral decay of an angel and the erotic epiphany of an adored wife.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHoward Barker is an internationally renowned dramatist. There has been a recent resurgence of presentations of his plays in Britain, with particularly acclaimed productions at the Arcola and the Hackney Empire. He has a sizable following on the European mainland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarker is also a poet and theorist of theatre, whose \u003ci\u003eTheatre of Catastrophe, \u003c\/i\u003e has defined a new form of tragedy for our times and has had a significant impact in the fields of literary and theatre studies.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42730176675903,"sku":"9781840029611","price":36.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/eec6093d52eacc3f0e9dd70f5250c620.webp?v=1765125120","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/barker-plays-six-uncle-vanya-a-house-of-correction-let-me-judith-lot-and-his-god-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}