Stephens Plays 4 Three Kingdoms The Trial of Ubu Morning Carmen Disruption [Paperback]

Four plays inspired by and originating on the European stage from one of Britain's most important playwrights.

Three Kingdomswas presented at Teater NO99 in Tallinn, Estonia on 17 September 2011, before opening at the Munich Kammerspiele, Germany, on 15 October 2011. 'An inconsolable mood of dread, abandon, violence and suspicion lurks beneath the show's skin of arty insouciance, and at times the script attains a lyrical pitch of accusation against the West that quite overrides the flippancy. There's something of value here.'Daily Telegraph;

The Trial of Ubupremiered at the Schauspielhaus Essen in a co-production with the Toneelgroep Amsterdam. 'The play certainly gets at the banality of evil, and evokes the slow, sometimes dull, often uncertain slog of justice.'Sunday Times.

Subtitled 'A Play For Young People',Morningwas developed in partnership between the Lyric Hammersmith, London, and the Junges Theater, G??ttingen. TheFinancial Timesdescribed it as 'theatrically daring and uncompromising';

Carmen Disruption, a reimagining of Bizet's opera, premiered at the Deutsche Spielhaus in spring, 2014, before its UK premiere at the Almeida, London, in April 2015. 'You can't help but be moved by the circumstances facing the five main characters. There's an understanding and a compassion amid the bleakness. And a fierce sense that something needs to change.'Guardian;

Olivier Award winnerSimon Stephensis one of Britain's best-loved playwrights. The author of more than twenty stage plays, includingPunk Rock, Port, Three KingdomsandPornography, as well as the celebrated adaptation ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, he is a former tutor on the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. Awards include the Pearson Award for Best New Play, 2001, forPort; Olivier Award for Best New Play forOn the Shore of the lsÄ