Martine

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Martine

Plays, playscripts

Author: Jean-Jacques Bernard

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Collection: Oberon Modern Plays

Language: English

Published by: Oberon Books

Published on: 22nd April 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 80 pages

ISBN: 9781783196432


Introduction

The Great War is over. It is the summer of 1920, in rural France. By a dusty road, a girl is sitting under the shade of an apple tree. She sees someone walking towards her. He is a young man, just back from fighting in Syria. He joins her under the tree, and a tragic love story begins.

About the Play

Often compared to Chekhov, and much admired by Harold Pinter, Jean-Jacques Bernard creates a unique emotional landscape of beauty and longing, desire and disappointment.

Publication and Translation

Martine was written in 1922 and John Fowles wrote this translation for a revival at the National Theatre in 1985.

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