Martin Crimp es un dramaturgo británico célebre por la astringencia de sus diálogos y un tono de desapego emocional. Sus obras a menudo exploran una perspectiva sombría de las relaciones humanas, donde los personajes rara vez experimentan amor o alegría. Cada vez más, el enfoque de Crimp se ha desplazado hacia la forma y el lenguaje teatral, alejándose de las preocupaciones narrativas tradicionales. Su estilo distintivo ofrece una exploración desafiante y que invita a la reflexión sobre la conexión humana.
I may be your servant in the theatre, but in real life, sweetheart, you are my sex-slave. But just how far should the woman go to prove him wrong?A world of darker meaning lies beneath the wit and verbal exuberance of Martin Crimp's version of Marivaux's great comedy.
Not One of These People, a co-production between the Royal Court Theatre, Carte blanche, and the Carrefour international de theatre, premiered at Theatre La Bordee, Quebec City, in June 2022, and at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in November 2022.
This is Edmond Rostand's immortal play in which chivalry and wit, bravery and love are forever captured in the timeless spirit of romance. Set in Louis XIII’s reign, it is the moving and exciting drama of one of the finest swordsmen in France, gallant soldier, brilliant wit, tragic poet-lover with the face of a clown. Rostand’s extraordinary lyric powers gave birth to a universal hero—Cyrano De Bergerac—and ensured his own reputation as author of one of the best-loved plays in the literature of the stage. This translation, by the American poet Brian Hooker, is nearly as famous as the original play itself, and is generally considered to be one of the finest English verse translations ever written.
A mordantly knowing modernisation of Sophocles's Trachiniae... the approach here manages to be at once lethally level and capable of surges of anguished feeling.
Tři jednoaktové hry Martina Crimpa (Blankyt nebe, Tváří ke zdi, Méně pohrom) zkoumají stále se rozšiřující mezeru mezi naším prožíváním světa, naší neukojitelnou touhou po nových zážitcích a štěstí, které lze získat za peníze, a znepokojivou, nepředvídatelnou realitou života. Tyto hry jsou velmi krátké (všechny tři dohromady trvají přibližně 70 minut), jde o stručná, tematicky sevřená díla, vycházející z tradice divadla absurdity.
Far away a battle rages and an entire city is turned to dust. Amelia can't sleep. She waits for news of her husband. He's a great general and this seems to be a decisive victory. But when the motives for the war start to look disturbingly personal, his wife becomes desperate to hold on to his love.Martin Crimp's new play takes Sophocles' ancient story of marriage and violence - 'The Trachiniae' - and propels it into a modern world of political hypocrisy and emotional terrorism.Cruel and Tender was produced by Wiener Festwochen, Chichester Festival Theatre and the Young Vic, where it opened in London before premiering at the 2004 Vienna Festival.
Martin Crimp gilt als einer der klügsten britischen Dramatiker. Sein Schreiben ist von hoher Qualität, unsentimental und präzise. Er ist ein innovativer Beobachter, der unermüdlich an seiner Sprache arbeitet und Rhythmus sowie dramaturgisches Geschick meisterhaft verbindet.
Komorní drama mladého páru, který se odstěhoval do svého nového domu na venkově. Do rodinné idylky ovšem vniká tajuplná žena v bezvědomí, kterou Richard srazil autem. Postupně se odhaluje, že dívka rozhodně není neznámou náhodnou chodkyní a skrze to i fakt, že na venkov hrdinové hry ve skutečnosti utekli před svojí minulostí. Tu ale iluze spokojeného života těžko zakryje.
Attempts to describe her? Attempts to destroy her? Or attempts to destroy herself? Is Anne the object of violence? Or its terrifying practitioner? Martin Crimp's Attempts on her Life premiegrave;red at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, West Street, London in March 1997.
