In Lambeth
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:10th Jul '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Set in the early years of the French Revolution, In Lambeth shows an encounter between William Blake and Thomas Paine - the idealist visionary and the principled pragmatist.
Before there is Revolution there must be Revelation.
In Lambeth is set against a background of the French and American revolutions. Pursued through the streets of Lambeth by an anti-republican mob, Thomas Paine seeks sanctuary in the garden of William Blake and his wife Catherine only to find them naked up a tree reading Paradise Lost and communing with angels.
Originally produced in 1989 and first published the following year, this new edition published to correspond with the revival at the Southwark Playhouse, Lambeth, London in July 2014.
A striking, Aristophanic, tongue-in-cheek encounter. * Independent *
In his beautiful play . . . Shepherd has captured the essence of the men, and has found them a magical location and a good moment in history in which to meet. * Time Out *
Charm is not a quality one would immediately associate with either William Blake or Tom Paine, but Jack Shepherd’s play about a meeting between the two in 1791 has it in abundance. * The Times *
'A beautiful exploration' * The Stage *
. . . a stylish account of the meeting of two brilliant minds . . . If you like big ideas . . . this is a hoot . . . * Time Out London *
. . . it opens up an intriguing and ultimately unresolvable debate. * Guardian *
ISBN: 9781474216326
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 82g
72 pages