Ugly Chief (eBook)

Victoria Melody (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
96 Seiten
Oberon Books (Verlag)
978-1-78682-371-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In 2013, Mike was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and given five years to live. Mike's daughter Victoria was put in charge of planning the funeral. But a year later the doctors realised they had misdiagnosed Mike.Victoria and Mike decided to go ahead with the funeral anyway and Victoria went to Port Talbot to train as a funeral director. Ugly Chief plays out the funeral Victoria planned, including her experieences of training at a funeral homeUgly Chief is a comic take on what we want and expect from a funerals and how the deceased might behave if they were actually there to see it. It also explores a father/daughter relationship, and "e;father and daughter reassess their relationship in the very act of making and performing the show"e; (The Guardian).The publication includes colour photographs from the premiere at Battersea Arts Centre and an interview with Victoria Melody.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Oberon Modern Plays
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Antiques Roadshow • Battersea Arts centre • Book • Contemporary Drama • contemporary theatre • Dark comedy • Death • Drama • fake funeral • father-daughter relationship • funeral industry • Jazz • Mike Melody • misdiagnosis • modern playwrights • new writing • Oberon Books • Play • playtext • Theatre • true events
• ISBN-10: 1-78682-371-3 / 1786823713
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78682-371-7 / 9781786823717