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bipolar disorder
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contemporary drama
contemporary theatre
COP=United Kingdom
depression
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Edinburgh Fringe 2017
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IMPN=Oberon Books Ltd
ISBN13=9781786822673
Language_English
Lara Foot
mental illness
modern playwrights
Oberon Books
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play
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South African drama
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The Inconvenience of Wings
theatre
WMM=130
Product details
- ISBN 9781786822673
- Weight: 73g
- Dimensions: 130 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2017
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Set in a landscape of memory and dreams, The Inconvenience of Wings tackles the issues of friendship, dysfunction, addiction and angels.
This dynamic new drama was inspired by author Abraham J Twerski`s book Addictive Thinking that examines the notion of compulsion, addiction, denial and abuse of self as well as conversations on bipolar disorder that Foot had with celebrated psychiatrist Dr Sean Baumann. It was further stirred by her own father who has suffered from dementia for more than a decade.
Lara is the CEO and artistic director of the Baxter Theatre Centre and a former Rolex protege to Sir Peter Hall in the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative. As well as numerous contemporary classics, she has directed 25 premieres of new South African works, including her own adaptation of Zakes Mda's novel, Ways of Dying, and her own creation Tshepang (Gate - also published by Oberon), a devastating portrayal of child abuse in South Africa.
