Een Britse toneelschrijver wiens werk kritisch hedendaagse sociale problemen en relaties onderzoekt. Zijn stukken verkennen vaak machtsdynamieken, identiteit en de impact van het moderne leven door middel van scherp, soms verontrustend realisme. Hij staat bekend om zijn snijdende dialoog en zijn vermogen om universele waarheden in specifieke scenario's vast te leggen. Zijn schrijven nodigt uit tot reflectie op de menselijke natuur en maatschappelijke verwachtingen.
This first collection of Mike Bartlett's plays showcases the adroit expertise and flair of a writer known for laser-sharp political comment, tight dialectics and needlingly real characters. Charting Mike Bartlett's stellar rise as a playwright, this volume is introduced by Sacha Wares.
A comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres, set in contemporary, post- pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite.
In a housing crisis, a young couple are offered a home of their own. But at what price? Mike Bartlett's provocative play Game invites us to spy on a family as they embark on a dangerous new way to live.
The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial and celebrated new "future history" play, which transferred to the West End after an acclaimed world premiere, explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.
Mike Bartlett's savagely funny adaptation of Maxim Gorky's Vassa Zheleznova. It's 8 a.m. and a revolt is underway. The father is dying. The son is spying. The wife is cheating. The uncle is stealing. The mother is scheming. The dynasty is crumbling. One house. One fortune. One victor.
A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend, from the acclaimed writer of Cock.
A razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying. Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre.
A new play from the writer of King Charles III. Full of the warmth, wit and heartbreak of Christmas, Snowflake is an epic story about generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we're living in the best or worst of times.
1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, one couple journeys forty-years from initial burst to full bloom. The play follows their idealistic teenage years in the 1960s to their stint as a married family unit before finally divorced and, although disintegrated, free from acrimony. Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against their parents' irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire attitude. This play by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Bartlett questions whether the baby boomer generation is to blame for the debt-ridden and adrift generation of their children, now adults but far from stable and settled. This edition features an introduction by James Grieve, who directed Love, Love, Love at the Royal Court, London.
But that's what this is, isn't it? The ultimate bitch fight. When John takes a break from his boyfriend, his accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out . . . Mike Bartlett's metrosexual play about love and longing provides us with questions of who we are and who we want to be. John's refusal to fix his identity disturbs and disrupts the lives of those around him in this contemporary tale of sex without nudity and struggle without violence. Mike Bartlett's punchy story takes a playful, candid look at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realise you have a choice. Cock premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 13 November 2009. It is published here in the Modern Classics series, featuring an introduction by Mark O'Thomas.