Martin Crimp’s Power Plays

<p>This book covers playwright Martin Crimp’s recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience.</p><p>Examining the bold and exciting body of writing by Crimp, the book delves into his depiction of intersections between narratives, as well as between private and public, through an honest look at power structures and shifts, marriages and relationships, sexuality, and desire.</p><p>This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in Drama, Theatre and Performance, English Literature, and Opera Studies.</p> <p><em>Acknowledgements</em></p><p>Introduction - Surveying the Battleground: Martin Crimp’s Relationscapes</p><p>Chapter 1 - Imitating Art: Fiction Pieces and Short Plays</p><p>Chapter 2 - Mating for Life: <em>Men Asleep</em></p><p>Chapter 3 - Handling with Care: <em>Cyrano de Bergerac</em> and <em>When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other</em></p><p>Chapter 4 - Falling Tragically: <em>The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema</em> and <em>Lessons in Love and Violence</em></p><p>Afterword - Forever Cruel and Tender</p><p>Index</p>