Paul Sirett: Plays Two

Download or read book Paul Sirett: Plays Two written by Paul Sirett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the plays Worlds Apart, This Other Eden and International Café All the plays in this second volume of Paul Sirett's collected plays focus on dislocation and the clash of civilisations. Set in an airport immigration office, Worlds Apart interweaves the fates of five detainees and the officers handling them, with the Tibetan folk tale of Sukyi Nyima. In Crusade a group of Western tourists break down in the West Bank, reacting in different ways to their situation. This Other Eden portrays the disastrous personal and political divisions within a classical string quartet. The collection ends with the short play International Café which brings together the stories of a restaurant's staff and customers, and was specifically written to be performed in restaurants.