作品情報

一人の兵士の物語が、政治劇へと広がっていく。

ティム・プライスの戯曲は、情報漏えい事件で知られるブラッドリー・マニングの経緯を、ウェールズの急進主義の歴史と結びつけながらたどる。単なる時事劇ではなく、信念と制度の緊張を描く舞台作品として読める。

書籍情報

出版社

Methuen Drama

発売日

2012-04-11

ページ数

112ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

12.07 x 0.66 x 19.25 cm

ISBN-13

9781408172872

ISBN-10

1408172879

価格

2815 JPY

カテゴリ

洋書/Literature & Fiction/Drama/British & Irish

Bradley Manning is the 24-year-old Us soldier accused of the release of thousands of Us embassy emails to Wikileaks. On Friday 16th December 2011, his pre-trial hearing opened in Fort Meade in Maryland. Manning faces a maximum sentence of life in custody with no chance of parole. But just a few years ago, he was a teenager in west Wales. How does his story impact on the people he left behind, and who is responsible for his 'radicalisation'? The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning aims to place him in the pantheon of great Welsh radicals, from the Chartists to Aneurin Beva. This young soldier, who names the president of the United States as a defence witness, knows bus timetables around Haverfordwest. This young man who played a part in the Arab spring, knows the trials of schoolboy rugby. This young soldier who apparently chose his moral code over his military one, speaks rudimentary Welsh. Tim Price's trademark humanity, warmth and wit depicts a complex portrait of Manning as a modern-day, troubled and flawed martyr, but a martyr nonetheless.

Tim Price is a writer on the cusp of major recognition, with For Once being the first of three major premieres of his work planned over the next year. His next play, Salt, Root and Roe will be seen at Trafalgar Studios in November as part of the Donmar West End season, and in 2012, his play The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning will open for the National Theatre of Wales in Haverfordwest. He was shortlisted for this year's Verity Bargate Award with his play Will and George.

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