Lampedusa - (Modern Plays) by Anders Lustgarten (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>This is where the world began. This was Caesar's highway. Hannibal's road to glory. These were the trading routes of the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians, the Ottomans and the Byzantines . . . We all come from the sea and back to the sea we will go. The Mediterranean gave birth to the world.<br/><br/></i>Step into the shoes of those whose job it is to enforce our harsh new rules: an Italian coastguard and a payday lender from Leeds. How do they do it? And what happens to them? <i>Lampedusa</i> is a powerful play about immigration and welfare.<br/> <br/>This edition was published to coincide with the premiere at the Soho Theatre, London, on 8 April 2015, as part of the Soho Theatre's season of Politics.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anders Lustgarten</b> is Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Finborough Theatre, where his first two plays, <i>The Insurgents</i> (2007) and<i> Enduring Freedom </i>(2008), were produced. Other work includes <i>The Punishment Stories</i> (shortlisted for the 2007 Verity Bargate Award), an adaptation of Slawomir Mrozek's <i>The Police </i>(BAC 2007), <i>The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie</i> (2010) for the National Theatre Studio, and <i>If You Don't Let Us Dream We Won't Let You Sleep</i> for the Royal Court. Lustgarten is a political activist, has taught on Death Row, has been arrested by the Turkish secret police, and holds a PhD in Chinese politics from the University of California. He won the inaugural Harold Pinter Playwright's Award with a commission from the Royal Court in 2011.
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