Sammlung

Synopsis

Widows; Death and the Maiden; Reader

Death and the Maiden is 'a terrifying moral thriller which combines brilliant theatricality with clear thought and fierce compassion' Sunday Times.

It ran for a year in the West End, was a hit on Broadway and was filmed by Polanski.

Reader, premiered at the Traverse Theater, Edinburgh, is about a censor who discovers that a novel he wishes to ban is describing his own life.

Widows, also first produced by the Traverse, is about the men who 'disappear' under totalitarian regimes and about the women who wait.

Themes

• Censorship--Drama
• Politics and government--Drama
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• Torture--Drama