£12.99
ISBN 0-9515877-9-X
320 pages

EASTERN PROMISE

7 Plays From Central And Eastern Europe
Eds. Sian Evans and Cheryl Robson

BELGRADE TRILOGY

BILJANA SRBLJANOVIC (Yugoslavia)

Set in Sydney, Los Angeles and Prague on New Year's Eve, the everyday life of young exiles from the Balkans
Slobodan Selenic Prize

THE TENDER MERCIES

SLADJANA VUJOVIC (Montenegro)

Edinburgh fringe first winner

'...dazzling play upon the savagery of war .' -The Scotsman

TULIP DOCTOR

VERA FILO (Hungary)

Set against the background of war, life becomes a cartoon, where anything can happen and will.

THE CHOSEN ONES

ELENA POPOVA (Belorussia)
Winner of the European play competition

'A poignant portrayal of post-communist society'

JENUFA (HER STEPDAUGHTER)

GABRIELA PREISSOVA (Czech)

Portrays a secret birth and infanticide, the play aroused controversy when first written in 1890. It was the basis for Janacek's opera Jenufa and is translated into English now for the first time.

NASCENDO

ALINA NELEGA (Romania)

Set in a Maternity ward on the eve of the revolution patients and staff reflect the divided nature of Romanian society.

THE UMBILICAL CORD

KRYSTYNA KOFTA (Poland)

An intense family relationship, where ritual has replaced real life.
'a generation suffering moral defeat