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Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
ISBN
1408156601
EAN
9781408156605
Date of Publication
2011-06-02
Publication Name
N/A
Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
Chicken Soup with Barley (Modern Plays)
Artist
Wesker, Arnold
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1408156601
ISBN-13
9781408156605
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109110777

Product Key Features

Book Title
Chicken Soup with Barley
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Drama
Author
Arnold Wesker
Book Series
Modern Plays Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
3.7 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
Chicken Soup with Barley (1958) is warm, untidy, passionate and garrulous... This is a play that genuinely combines the personal and the political., 'The play...has a deep core of humanity. Its title is a refernence to a memorable, evocative flavour that remains after everything has gone - a reminder of the warm, enduring nourishment afforded by friendships.', What makes the play so powerful is that Wesker never uses it as a soapbox. His political intelligence is shaped by ambiguity, subtlety and his warm heart., The play...has a deep core of humanity. Its title is a reference to a memorable, evocative flavour that remains after everything has gone - a reminder of the warm, enduring nourishment afforded by friendships.
Dewey Decimal
822/.914
Synopsis
The kettle boils in 1936 as the fascists are marching. Tea is brewed in 1946, with disillusion in the air at the end of the war. Twenty years on, in 1956, as rumours spread of Hungarian revolution, the cup is empty. Sarah Khan, an East End Jewish mother, is a feisty political fighter and a staunch communist. Battling against the State and her shirking husband, she desperately tries to keep her family together. This landmark state-of-the-nation play is a panoramic drama portraying the age-old battle between realism and idealism. Chicken Soup with Barley captures the collapse of an ideology alongside the disintegration of a family. Chicken Soup with Barley , the first in a trilogy that includes Roots and I'm Talking about Jerusalem was first performed at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in 1958 and transferred to the Royal Court in the same year., This play has at its centre the female protagonist of Sarah Kahn - a generous provider of love and provisions in the home, and a passionate supporter of socialism. Working against her untrustworthy husband to keep her family together, this is the story of a Jewish woman's struggle in the face of political and personal disillusionment., Chicken Soup with Barley is an epic play that spans twenty years in the life of an East End Jewish family and the gradual crumbling of their socialist dream. It vividly captures the loss of political idealism and links the journey of a single family to the.wider political situation.The kettle boils in 1936 as the fascists are marching. Tea is brewed in 1946, with disillusion in the air at the end of the war. Twenty years on, in 1956, as rumours spread of Hungarian revolution, the cup is empty.Sarah Khan, an East End Jewish mother, is a feisty political fighter and a staunch communist. Battling against the State and her shirking husband she desperately tries to keep her family together.This.landmark state-of-the-nation play is a panoramic drama portraying the age-old battle between realism and idealism.. Chicken Soup captures the collapse of an ideology alongside the disintegration of a family. Chicken Soup with Barley, the first in a trilogy that includes Roots and I'm Talking about Jerusalem was first performed at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in 1958 and transferred to the Royal Court in the same year.
LC Classification Number
PR6073.E75

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