Elton Plays: 1: Gasping; Silly Cow; Popcorn

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Elton Plays: 1: Gasping; Silly Cow; Popcorn
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ben Elton
SeriesContemporary Dramatists
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780413736703
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 1 October 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ben Elton's plays in one volume for the first time Gasping: ". . . an often hilarious satire on yuppiedom, advertising and corporate greed" (Daily Telegraph); ". . . the sharpest futuristic comedy since Henceforward, and the best Green comedy since The Good Life was young."(Financial Times). Silly Cow: "It has an ingenious plot. . . another perfect occasion for a Ben Elton satire on the modern world. . ." (Financial Times). Popcorn: "An enjoyable, intelligent, thought-provoking play" (Independent); "It thrills on stage precisely because it adopts the sick humour, sickening violence and downright sexiness of the Stone-Tarantino school of film-making that Elton is satirising" (Evening Standard).

Author Biography

Ben Elton studied Drama at the University of Manchester and has written three West End plays: Grasping (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1990), Silly Cow (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1991), Popcorn (UK and Australian tour), and Blast From the Past (West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1998). Popcorn won the TMA Barclays Theatre Award for best new play and the Olivier Award for best comedy.

Reviews

Popcorn: 'An enjoyable, intelligent, though-provoking play.' -- Independent. 'It thrills on stage precisely because it adopts the sick humour, sickening violence and downright sexiness of the Stone-Tarantino school of film-making that Elton is satirising.' -- Evening Standard