Mark Ravenhill Knihy

Hra Faust vyniká objektivním pozorováním posunů v morálce mediálního věku a je znepokojivou výpovědí o prohlubujícím se osamění těch, kdo se ho dožili.

Hra patří k ikonám takzvané coolness dramatiky, jež koncem devadesátých let minulého století vnesla na evropská jeviště dosud tabuizovaná témata homosexuality, intimity, choroby AIDS, rodinného a vůbec mezilidského násilí malých komunit a explicitně zobrazovanou erotiku a sexualitu. Přes svou drsnost skrývá touhu po lepším světě a něžné lásce.

Mark Ravenhill's autobiographical radio play explores the way culture, high and low, impacted both his mother's and his family's lives. Starting an adult ballet class as the only male in the group sparks a memory of life through the eyes of Ravenhill, the playwright. As time intertwines through alternating perspectives we see his family at different stages of their life. From childhood dreams of being a dancer and performer through to the creativity that brings his parents together for the first time and into their old age, this is a deeply personal and resonate drama about the intersects of life and culture. Commissioned by Sound Stage, a new immersive audio theatre, designed by theatre-makers and leading technologists, giving audiences a unique and engrossing online theatre experience of new plays from the best in British theatre.

The first collected volume of plays from the most important playwright of the last decade. Ravenhill's work is dark, disturbing, explicit and gripping.

Mark Ravenhill's Faust (Faust is Dead) is a dark and often brutally funny journey through a world of virtual realityThe world's most famous philosopher arrives in Los Angeles and is greeted as a star. In a round of chat show appearances, he announces the Death of Man and the End of History. When he meets up with a young man who is on the run from his father, a leading software magnate, they embark on a hedonistic voyage across America. But in the play's bloody conclusion, they discover that not all events are virtual."In Shopping and Fucking, Mark Ravenhill made theatre relevant to the Thatcher generation. Now he's put videos and Net-surfing in FAUST. And it's no less stunning." (The Guardian)

The story unfolds as Edward, a retired teacher, faces an unexpected siege at his home from vengeful former students. Trapped with his wife Maureen for six days, tensions rise further with the arrival of their estranged daughter Anna, who brings unresolved issues and questions to the forefront. The narrative explores themes of familial conflict, the impact of past actions, and the struggle for understanding amidst chaos.

Blending a history of the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bacterium with auto-ethnographic writing, Autobiography of a Disease documents, in experimental form, the experience of extended life-threatening illness in contemporary US hospitals and clinics.

Who were the victims of Jack the Ripper? And what was the impact of his killings on women at the time, and over the last 150 years?

The 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is fast approaching. To mark the occasion, Benjamin Britten has just nine months to write a new opera about her predecessor Elizabeth I. Into the world of the disheartened composer enters the exuberant and passionate Imogen Holst, daughter of Gustav and an accomplished musician in her own right. Her candid and can-do attitude proves to be the perfect foil for the capricious and often maddening Britten, and what begins as an arrangement of practical support turns into a bond that not only sees Gloriana to its premiere but endures throughout the rest of their lives. This edition is published to coincide with the world premiere at the Swan Theatre, Stratford, in February 2024.