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In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

By Sa Guirgis

In Arabia We'd All Be Kings Drama

In Arabia We'd All Be Kings

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"A harrowing new play...just when it seems [IN ARABIA] will settle for the shock value of its raw and violent language and imagery, Mr Adly Guirgis begins to tie all his loose ends together in a grim and sad portrait of life on the streets." New Lenny is a recently released ex-convict. Daisy, his alcoholic girlfriend, craves a "real" life with a "real" man and abandons him at their local in favour of some cheap Chinese takeout. At the bar is Skank, a failed actor-turned-junkie, who is trying to outlast the rainstorm and get a buyback. De Maris, a seventeen-year-old gun-brandishing single mother wants to learn to turn tricks. She enlists the aid of Chickie, Skank's girlfriend, a young crackhead hooker. But the bar is about to be sold up as the New York real estate boom kicks in. Guirgis' cast of low life have "lack of self-pity" tattooed to their souls. Published to tie in with the Hampstead Theatre's production in April 2003, this is the second play by the writer of Jesus Hopped the A Train - "Shocking, shattering, stunningly well-written" (Daily Telegraph); "Guirgis airs metaphysical ideas seldom touched by British dramatists" (The Times).
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
96
Release Date:
2007-12-01
Publication Date:
2007-12-01
Publisher:
Methuen Drama
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0413773299
ISBN13:
9780413773296
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
113 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
6 cm
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