Barker: Plays One

<p><b>Includes the plays Victory The Europeans The Possibilities and Scenes From An Execution.</b> <p/>Howard Barker is one of the most significant and controversial dramatists of his time. His plays challenge unsettle and expose. These plays are among his best-known works and their energy poetic language and imagination have fixed them firmly in the international repertoire. <p/>Exploring the tragic form defined by Barker as Theatre of Catastrophe three of the plays speculate on human behaviour in moments of historical crisis. <b>Victory</b> is set in the English Civil War and follows the ethical voyage of a widow towards personal reconstruction.<b> The Europeans</b> takes one of the great eruptions of Islamic imperialism asthe background for a young woman's insistence on her right to her own identity. <b>Scenes from an Execution</b> shows the struggle of an independently-minded artist against the power of the Venetian state. <p/><b>The Possibilities</b> a disturbing series of short plays set in various times and cultures reveals Barker's unconventional way with moral dilemmas.</p>