Edgar Plays

<p>This volume contains the best of David Edgar's work from the 1970s. <p/><i>The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs</i> is an adaptation of the famous South African writer's diaries and deals with solitary confinement and loneliness - a remarkable persuasive picture. (<i>Observer</i>) <p/><i>Mary Barnes</i> is based in a commune in the sixties and focuses on schizophrenia promulgating the theory that schizophrenia can be effectively treated through behaviourist methods alone <p/><i>Saigon Rose</i> tackles venereal disease and is intriguing and entertaining...Edgar handles his themes - loss of innocence and a sense of betrayal - in a bitty playful style laced with black comedy (<i>Independent</i>) <p/><i>O Fair Jerusalem</i> deals with the black death. <p/><i>Destiny</i> deals with the loss of Empire and the rise of fascism in contemporary Britain - A play which astonished me with its intelligence density sympathy and finely controlled anger. Dennis Potter <i>The Sunday Times</i></p>