Author: David Harrower
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 55731

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.3

ISBN: 0571233198
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780571233199
ASIN: 0571233198

Publication Date: May 15, 2007
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Product Description

Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again.

Blackbird was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and premiered at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 2005. The production transferred to the Albery Theatre, London, in February 2006, and went on to open at the Manhattan Theater Club, New York City, in April 2007.

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5 out of 5 stars

Dark subject , rewarding read. April 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship when Una was 12 and Ray was 40. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again.

I bought this play after seeing it performed. It's the kind of play that follows you around for days after you've seen it.

I think it's a valuable play to have on the bookshelf if you are interested in writing plays. You can learn a lot about sub-text in reading this play.

It's a very brave play and I really feel that David Harrower spent the time to really get into his characters skins. Both characters seem very authentic in an amazing, yet in a very disturbing way.

This play in essence I think is about the hold a pedophile can have over his victim and the complex relationship the victim can have with her perpetrators memory.

Although disturbing I thought the structure of the play was brilliant. If you love plays you need to have this on your bookshelf.

4 out of 5 stars

Great play September 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Although the formatting of the text threw me off a bit (it read like a free verse poem at first) after the first page I got used to it and the story and characters totally gripped me. Very powerful, very naturalistic dialogue, and a lot of brilliant subtext. The story deals with two very damaged people trying to get on with their lives in their own way. I wish I had the chance to see the stage production, but reading it is almost as good.

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