Deconstructing Character and Identity In Martin Crimp's Attempts on Her Life | ||
| المجلة العلمیة لکلیة الآداب-جامعة أسیوط | ||
| Article 20, Volume 24, Issue 73, January 2020, Pages 453-476 | ||
| Document Type: بحوث علمية محکمة | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/aakj.2020.286134 | ||
| Author | ||
| Basma Ramadan | ||
| Faculty of Arts, Assuit University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research examines Martin Crimp's masterpiece Attempts on Her Life as an exemplary instance of postdramatic writing. It investigates the ways in which this play can be considered postdramatic through discussing the postdramatic values incorporated into it. Martin Andrew Crimp is a British playwright, born 1956. Crimp is one of the leading innovative British playwrights who has an important influence on young playwrights such as Sarah Kane and Mark Ravenhill. He has written on the changing structures of family, the issues of woman, social issues,consumerism and similar topics. Attempts on Her Life is one of the best plays of the past quarter-century. It was first produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, March 1997 and quickly became a hit. It is also subtitled "Seventeen Scenarios for the Theatre." Each of these scenarios has a title such as 1 “All Messages Deleted”2 “Tragedy of Love and Ideology”, 6 “Mum Dad”, 7 “The New Anny”. | ||
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