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Punk Rock
Simon Stephens
出版
A&C Black
, 2010-04-20
主題
Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Drama / General
ISBN
1408133423
9781408133422
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GyFHZznzzd4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
'Everything human beings do finishes up bad in the end. Everything good human beings ever make is built on something monstrous. Nothing lasts. We certainly won't...'
Based on his experience as a teacher, Stephens describes his play as '
The History Boys
on crack'. It explores the underlying tensions and potential violence in a group of affluent, articulate seventeen year old students. Contemporary and unnerving, with elements of
The Catcher in the Rye
,
Punk Rock
follows the story of seven sixth-formers as they face up to the pressures of teenage life, while preparing for their mock A-level exams and trying to get into Oxbridge. They are a group of educated, intelligent and aspirational young people but step-by-step, the dislocation, disjunction and latent violence simmering under the surface of prosperity is revealed.
