Martin Crimp ( born Martin Andrew Crimp ; born February 14, 1956 , Dartford , Kent ) is an English playwright and translator , one of the most sought-after representatives of the "post-dramatic theater."
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Biography
The son of a railway engineer. He studied at colleges in London and Yorkshire . He graduated from the University of Cambridge ( 1978 ), where his play Clang was staged on the student stage. Then his plays began to be staged by the Orange Tree Theater in Richmond , and since 1990 the Royal Court metropolitan theater, where in 1997 he became a guest playwright.
Creative manner
Crimp plays, based on which, as a rule, are acts of violence, often rank the theater directly in the face as an influential direction ( English in-yer-face-theater ), although the author himself does not agree with this definition.
Artwork
- Love Games / Love Games (post. 1982 , co-authored)
- Living Remains (1982)
- Four Attempted Acts ( 1984 )
- A Variety of Death-Defying Acts ( 1985 )
- Definitely the Bahamas , A Kind of Arden , The Spanish Girls ( 1987 )
- Dealing with Clair ( 1988 )
- Play with Repeats ( 1989 )
- No One Sees the Video ( 1990 )
- Getting Attention ( 1991 )
- The Treatment ( 1993 )
- Attempts on Her Life ( 1997 )
- Village / The Country ( 2000 )
- Face to the Wall ( 2002 )
- Cruel and Tender / Cruel and Tender ( 2004 )
- Fewer Emergencies ( 2005 )
- City / The City ( 2008 )
In addition to his own dramas, he is also known for his translations and alterations of the plays of Moliere ( Misanthrope ), Marivo ( Triumph of Love , Imaginary Maid ), Chekhov ( Seagull ), Ionesco ( Chairs , Rhinoceros ), Genet ( Maids ), Coltes ( Roberto Zucco ), etc. Several times he acted as a screenwriter ( Angel Francois Ozon and others).
Recognition
The dramas of Krimp are actively translated into French, German, Dutch and other languages, they are played on many stages of the world.
Literature
- Sierz A. The Theater of Martin Crimp. - L. , Methuen, 2006