This second collection of Martin Crimp's work brings together four remarkable plays.

Martin Crimp Plays 2 the Country, Attempts on Her Life, the Misanthrope, No One Sees the Video

Literature & Fiction

Martin Crimp

Dramas & Plays

Gardners Books

Fewer Emergencies'Things are definitely looking up--brighter light--more frequent boating--more confident smile--things are improving day by day--who ever would've guessed'Fewer Emergencies premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2005.

Fewer Emergencies

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Faber&Faber

'Young girl lives on shore of lake since childhood - like you. Loves the lake - like the seagull. Is happy and free - like the seagull. Then one day a man turns up, sees her, and mindlessly destroys her.' Martin Crimp's pared down version of Chekhov's first great play reveals the full force of its comedy and cruelty - whether it's love, sex, incredible fame, or simply a trip into town, each character is denied the thing they most crave. The Seagull, in a new version by Martin Crimp, premieres at the National Theatre, London, in June 2006.

The Seagull: by Anton Chekhov, in a new version by Martin Crimp

Faber and Faber

Clair wants to be kissed - but not now - and certainly not by her husband. Chris wants to celebrate his new job by driving into the oncoming traffic. Jenny arrives to complain about the screaming children - but the garden's empty, and the key to the playroom's disappeared. Just what strange game is being played here? Three characters fight to make sense of a surreal and collapsing world.

The City

The sublime is confused with the ridiculous in this savage commentary on the human condition, a staple of every theatre classroom and 20th century drama. A small town is besieged by one roaring citizen who becomes a rhinoceros and proceeds to trample on the social order. As more citizens are transformed into rhinoceroses, the trampling becomes overwhelming, and more and more citizens become rhinoceroses. One sane man, Berenger, remains, unable to change his form and identity.

Ionesco's Rhinoceros

Sex, work, pregnancy, parents, weird neighbours, cleaning the fridge and dancing: "Play House" tells - in thirteen fleeting scenes - the story of a young couple's attempts to set up home. In "Definitely the Bahamas", Frank and Milly relish the visits of Michael, their charming and successful only child. But what exactly is his relationship to the young student living in their house? Martin Crimp's "Definitely the Bahamas" was first staged at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in 1987. It was revived there with "Play House", a new play, in March 2012.

Definitely the Bahamas and Play House

- What're you doing here Robert? - Well to be frank with you, I've really no idea. I thought I would just suddenly appear, so I did. I suddenly appeared. A family Christmas is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Uncle Bob. Who is he? Why has he come? Why does his wife stay out in the car? And what is the meaning of his long and outrageous message? All we can be sure of is that the world will never be the same again. A provocative roll-call of contemporary obsessions, In the Republic of Happiness premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in December 2012.

In the Republic of Happiness

If you think you know what it's like to be me you are seriously deluded.\nIs it appropriation to invent a voice - or is it an act of empathy?\nIf a playwright's job is to make dialogue, is there a limit to how many characters she / he / they are entitled to invent? Who can these people be? And what if an invented voice says things that even the author would prefer not to hear?\nWith characteristically provocative humour, Martin Crimp's latest work brings 299 unique characters to the stage.\nNot One of These People, a co-production between the Royal Court Theatre, Carte blanche, and the Carrefour international de th��tre, premiered at Th��tre La Bord�e, Qu�bec City, in June 2022, and at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in November 2022.

Not One Of These People

' . . . Shatter the printing press. Make each new book a precious object written on skin.' (Martin Crimp, extract from Written on Skin) The birth of any opera is a special event. The birth of Written on Skin has been extraordinary. It is once in generation, or even a lifetime, that a new opera receives such unanimous acclaim and so many major performances within its first few years. The US premiere took place on 12 August 2013 at the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Boston, MA.

Written On Skin : Opera In Three Parts

Arts & Photography

George Benjamin

Music

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Books by Martin Crimp