Blasted (Methuen Modern Plays) [Paperback]

'Kane wrote simply and starkly about the world she saw around her...a mature and vividly theatrical response to the pain of living' Guardian; 'I do not think I've yet seen a play that can beat Sarah Kane's sustained onslaught on the sensibilities for sheer, unadulterated brutalism' Evening Standard

'Sarah Kane's first play was hugely controversial when staged at the Royal Court in 1995 and, if the intervening years have diminished its shock value a little, it remains a deeply divisive piece about the reality of violence, a sensory onslaught will prompt walkouts but also inspire epiphanies.' Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard (London), 29.10.10 'Blasted is undoubtedly a landmark of modern theatre, its moral force at once uncanny and explosive.' Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard (London), 29.10.10 'Kane's play is wild, but artful too.' Susannah Clapp, Observer, 31.10.10 'this is a play of exceptional power and prescience.' Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph, 1.11.10 'now rightly regarded as a milestone in British theatre.' Paul Callan, Daily Express, 5.11.10 --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full-length play Blasted opened. It became the cause celebre of the theatrical year, making front-page headlines and outraging critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. "sheer unadulterated brutalism" Evening Standard

Sarah Kane studied at Bristol and Birmingham universities. Recognised as a highly influential new vo ice in European theatre, her work was championed by the Royal Court. She died in February 1999, aged 28.