- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books; New edition edition (22 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185459673X
- ISBN-13: 978-1854596734
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 16.3 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,277,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
| ||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
'Life After George is a comic drama guaranteed to restore your belief in the power of theatre' Suzanne Brown, Melbourne Age
Product Description
West End premiere of smash-hit Australian drama - directed by Michael 'Kiss Me Kate' Blakemore and starring Stephen Dillane Peter George, charismatic academic, idealist, lover of life, is dead. His wife, two ex-wives and daughter gather for his funeral. As the true nature of the man and his life unfolds, so these women discover more than they bargained for about the lives they have lived both in and out of his shadow. Life After George is a moving and perceptive insight into social change across three decades. From the barricades of the student movements of the late 1960s to the new millennium and its different demands on education, the role of the university has been crucial. And it is on this stage that the politically uncompromising George played out his brilliant, tempestuous career. A box-office sensation in Melbourne, Australia, Life After George opens in the West End in February with Stephen Dillane in the lead directed by Michael Blakemore and produced by Michael Codron, who have been responsible in the past for, among others, all the Michael Frayn hits such as Copenhagen and Noises Off.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One man, three wives- a whole lot of politics,
By A Customer
This review is from: Life After George (Nick Hern Books) (Paperback)
Hannie Rayson's "Life After George" traverses time to tell the story of Peter George, a brilliant academic with a penchance for young, naive, highly intelligent young women.The play begins with his death and skips backwards and forwards in time, weaving a complex web consisting of three wives and a broken hearted daughter. It is George's passion for life- his political idealism- that attracts these women to him. He boasts no special characteristics bar a zeal for life. His belief, backed up by John Stuart Mill, Hegel and other of his ilk, is simple- people are power. He left each of these women broken hearted but none of them hate him for it. In fact, they are thankful that they got to experience him at all. Initially, I could not see the attraction in this man, but then I realised that these women lived in a different era, where burning your bra was a rebellious symbol of sexual freedom and women's choices were often limited by motherhood.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
