A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess

A Clockwork Orange Book Cover
A Clockwork Orange Cover

Synopsis

Anthony Burgess's stage play of his infamous cult novel and film of the same name

Alex and his vicious teenage gang revel in horrific violence, mugging and gang rape.

Alex also revels in the music of Beethoven.

The Gang communicates in a language which is as complicated as their actions.

When a drug-fuelled night of fun ends in murder, Alex is finally busted and banged up.

He is given a choice - be brainwashed into good citizenship and set free, or face a lifetime inside.

Anthony Burgess's play with music, based on his own provocative 1962 novella of the same name, was first published in 1987.

A Clockwork Orange was made into a film classic by Stanley Kubrick in 1971 and was dramatizes by the RSC in 1990.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
1998
ISBN 10
0413735907
ISBN 13
9780413735904
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1st
Print Length
112 pages
Language
English
Print
A Clockwork Orange is a British adaptation play written by and published by Methuen in 1998. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780413735904 and an ISBN-10 of 0413735907.
Digital
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