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Lovefuries
The Contracting Sea; The Hanging Judge; Bite or Suck
David Ian Rabey
Intellect Books, 2008
David Ian Rabey is one of the most explosive, pioneering, and erotic playwrights ever to emerge from Wales. Lovefuries features three of his performance texts that flaut national and personal pressure to keep silent, committing instead to explore the shocking resurgences of life that break through grief. These plays tackle such issues as the nature of the feminine, surviving sexual abuse, and the boundaries of human language and physicality. This unforgettable collection will introduce American audiences to one of the most gifted contemporary playwrights working in Britain.
 
 
Praise for David Ian Rabey
 
“Stylish and stylistically challenging work. . . . A riveting and explosively physical performance.”—Irish Times
 
 “Breathtaking.”—Theatre in Wales
 
 “The struggle is fierce, suspenseful, and genuinely surprising in its outcome.”—Theatre in Wales
 
“A gem of concise, meaningful new drama which deserves to be seen more widely as an illustration of the sort of theatre Wales is capable of producing.”—Gill Ogden, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
 
 

 
 

 
 
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Theatre, Time and Temporality
Melting Clocks and Snapped Elastics
David Ian Rabey
Intellect Books, 2016
Theatre, Time and Temporality is the first book-length exploration of the subject of temporality within theater and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theater to contemporary performances—in addition to recent writings from physics, philosophy, and psychology—to analyze ways that time can be presented, communicated, and transformed in the theater. How do we experience time in theater, and how can that experience be altered or manipulated? Rabey’s analysis and exploration will spark discussion among students and scholars of drama, as well as among practicing performers and dramatic writers.
 
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