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The American Pilot
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The American Pilot
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Greig
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:80 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 126 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571229031
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
5 May 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
A spy plane crash-lands in a remote valley in a distant country. The local villagers take in the wounded pilot and argue his fate. The American Pilot explores the way the world sees America and the way America sees the world.The American Pilot premi red with the RSC at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon in April 2005.
Author Biography
David Greig was born in Edinburgh. His plays include Europe, The Architect, The Speculator, The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union, Outlying Islands, San Diego, Pyrenees, The American Pilot, Yellow Moon: The Ballad of Leila and Lee, Damascus, Midsummer [a play with songs], Dunsinane, The Monster in the Hall and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. In 1990 he co-founded Suspect Culture to produce collaborative, experimental theatre work. His translations and adaptations include Camus's Caligula, Euripides' The Bacchae, Strindberg's Creditors and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.
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