TY - BOOK AU - Angelaki,Vicky TI - Martin Crimp's power plays: intertextuality, sexuality, desire SN - 9781003033400 AV - PR6053.R495 U1 - 822/.914 23/eng/20220520 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Crimp, Martin, KW - English drama KW - 21st century KW - History and criticism KW - Interpersonal relations in literature KW - Marriage in literature KW - Sex in literature KW - Literary criticism KW - lcgft N1 - SIBF2023; P.B; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Surveying the battleground : Martin Crimp's relationscapes -- Imitating art : fiction pieces and short plays -- Mating for life : men asleep -- Handling with care : Cyrano de Bergerac and when we have sufficiently tortured each other -- Falling tragically : The rest will be familiar to you from cinema and Lessons in love and violence -- Afterword: Forever Cruel and tender N2 - "This book covers playwright Martin Crimp's recent work showing how it captures the nuances in our interpersonal contemporary experience. Examining the bold and exciting body of writing by Crimp, the book delves into his depiction of intersections between narratives, as well as between private and public, through an honest look at power structures and shifts, marriages and relationships, sexuality, and desire. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in Drama, Theatre and Performance, English Literature, and Opera Studies"-- ER -