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An Experiment With An Air Pump
Shelagh Stephenson
An Experiment With An Air Pump
by Shelagh Stephenson
Synopsis
Shelagh Stephenson's daring and thoughtful new play
1799 - On the eve of a new century, the house buzzes with scientific experiments, furtive romance and farcical amateur dramatics.
1999 - In a world of scientific chaos, cloning and genetic engineering, the cellar of the same house reveals a dark secret buried for 200 years
An Experiment with an Air Pump was joint recipient of the 1997 Margaret Ramsay Award and premiered at The Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester in February 1997.
Due for a major London production in autumn 1998.
Her previous play The Memory of Water won the 1996 Writers' Guild Award for Best Original Radio Play and the 1997 Sony Award for Best Original Drama
Publication
Publisher Methuen
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Edition Edition Unstated
Pages 112
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413733108
ISBN-10 0413733106
eISBN-13 9781408175163
LCCN 300723
LCC PR6069.T438 E88 1998
DCC 822/.914
An Experiment With An Air Pump is a British historical play written by Shelagh Stephenson and published by Methuen in London (1998).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play (eISBN 9781408175163).
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