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Martin Andrew Crimp (born 14 February 1956 in Dartford, Kent) is a British playwright. Early life and career [ edit ] The son of John Crimp, a British Rail signalling engineer, and his wife Jennie, Crimp's family moved in 1960 to Streatham where he attended a local primary school before winning a scholarship to Dulwich College .
British playwright Martin Crimp (b. 1956) earned international recognition with his 1997 play Attempts on her Life.Other plays include Definitely the Bahamas (1987), Dealing with Clair (1989), The Country (2000), The City (2008), Men Asleep (2018), In the Republic of Happiness (2012), Cruel & Tender (2004) and The rest will be familiar to you from cinema (2013), which had its French language ...
This is clearly Crimp at his most questioning, most tentative. But despite their variety, most of these people speak in Crimp’s familiar voice, with its mixture of dry humour, ironic self-awareness and proximity to violence. Like his 1997 masterpiece Attempts on Her Life, there are instances of abuse, prejudice and death. Fraught emotions are ...
Jun 2, 2022 · Made up of 299 lines from 299 characters, Martin Crimp’s new work – which is premiering at the Carrefour international theatre festival in Québec City – is a work of exceptional ambition.
Mar 10, 2012 · An intense, bony-faced man with a sweep of long grey hair, the 56-year-old Crimp chooses his words with the care of a perfectionist. Despite his reputation as the outstanding playwright of his generation - he was the late Sarah Kane ’s favourite writer - he’s still uncomfortable in interviews. His characteristic gesture is a hand brought ...
Martin Crimp’s plays include In the Republic of Happiness, Play House, The City, Fewer Emergencies, Cruel and Tender, Face to the Wall, The Country, Attempts on her Life, The Treatment, Getting Attention, No One Sees the Video, Play with Repeats, Dealing with Clair, and Definitely the Bahamas. He has also been an assiduous translator of European texts.
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Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 10m. By Edmond Rostand. Freely adapted by Martin Crimp. In Martin Crimp’s radical new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s masterwork, Cyrano seduces in raps and rhymes, using his linguistic brilliance to help another man win the heart of his one true love. Image: 2019 West End Production (Marc Brenner)
