Aalst - (Modern Plays) by Duncan McLean (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A programme text produced with the National Theatre of Scotland to coincide with the UK tour<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A programme text produced with the National Theatre of Scotland to coincide with the UK tour, <i>Aalst</i> is a powerful and disturbing drama about two parents who murder their children. <p/>The play is based on real events from the Belgian town of Aalst in 1999 where the ensuing high profile and dramatic trial led to much soul-searching in the Belgian media. <p/>A young couple check into a hotel with their two small children. A week passes before the police make a chilling discovery. <p/>In 2005 Belgian theatre company, Victoria, dramatised the case, working from source material including statements and interviews, TV footage of the trial and a documentary on the murder investigation. <p/>Produced in theatres and festivals across Europe, <i>Aalst</i> has built a reputation as a powerful and complex piece of modern theatre which raises disturbing questions that have no easy answer.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A magnificent writer with liberal empathy for man's dark side" --<i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A magnificent writer with liberal empathy for man's dark side <i>Daily Telegraph</i> Duncan McLean is a Scottish writer of novels and plays. Methuen Drama publish <i>McLean Plays: 1</i> - a collection of five of his stage plays.
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