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Corpsing (Four one-act plays)

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Corpsing (Four one-act plays)
by Peter Barnes

Corpsing (Four one-act plays)

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    3w, 6m

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Summary
This collection of plays all three duologues and one three-hander all on a strong theatrical theme, may be presented individually or in one programme as a complete evening's entertainment under the title Corpsing. Together they encapsulate Peter Barnes' consummate skill of contrasting opposites and simultanously combining "the absurdly tragic and the tragically absurd". The individual titles are: Acting Exercise, Humour Helps, Last Things, Waiting for a Bus.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Various simple settings

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Peter Barnes

Peter Barnes (1931 – 2004) was called in The Times 'one of the most original and biting comic writers working in Britain'. His widely successful 1968 play The Ruling Class helped steer English theater away from naturalism, and was turned into an acclaimed film starring Peter ...
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