Earthquakes in London [Paperback]

It'sCabaret,we've got our heads down and we're dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone....You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And you went out.

Earthquakes in Londonis a fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate change.

An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.

Earthquakes in Londonfirst published in 2010 and has subsequently become a much-produced and widely studied drama text. It is published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes by Bridget Escolme.

The ancillary material is geared at students and includes:

- an introduction outlining the play's plot, character, themes context and performance history
- the full text of the play
- a chronology of the playwright's life and work
- extensive textual notes
- questions for further study
- an interview with the playwright

Mike Bartlettis one of the most prolific playwrights of today. His debut,My Child(Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed byThe Stageas 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times'. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award forArtefacts(Bush Theatre). In 2009, his playCockwon the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, whileContractionswas nominated for the TMA Best New Play award. Bartlett was Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court in 20lC;