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Plays Four

Alan Ayckbourn

出版	Faber & Faber, 2011
主題	Drama / GeneralDrama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshPerforming Arts / Theater / Playwriting
ISBN	05712746179780571274611
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YUZczgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This fourth collection of Alan Ayckbourn's plays includes The Revengers' Comedies, Things We Do for Love, and House & Garden. The Revengers’ Comedies -- A hugely entertaining pitch that recalls the old movies to which it frequently pays homage - Strangers on a Train, Rebecca, Kind Hearts and Coronets - and expands after intermission to reveal an immensely disturbing vision of contemporary middle-class England poisoned by the rise of economic ruthlessness and the collapse of ethics. Things We Do for Love -- One of his best, his most shockingly and uproariously funny: a cruel and hilarious masterpiece of tragic comedy and comic tragedy. House & Garden -- The triumph of his ingenuity lies in the fact that you have to see both plays. A second time round, in whichever order you take them, characters will deepen, while those you know become the background. It is a superb Ayckbourn joke that a comedy about non-communication should depend on the sharpest communication skills.