"The Cut"
| Year for Search |
2006
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| Secondary Title |
The Cut and Product
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| Author | |
| Annotation |
The play concerns a surgery, known as “the cut,” that is never defined that is used on dissidents, sick people, and those who choose to have it. It begins in the office of a practitioner who is conflicted about the practice trying to talk a healthy man out of having the surgery. In the second part, the practitioner, who has never told his wife what he does, having a confrontation with her. In the third part, a new government has outlawed “the cut” and the practitioner is in jail. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, February 23, 2006. |
| Pagination |
1-52
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| Published Date |
2006 |
| Publisher |
Methuen
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| Place Published |
London
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| ISBN Number |
978-0-413-77574-0 978-1-4081-0679-2
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| Full Text |
2006 Ravenhill, Mark (b. 1966). “The Cut.” In his The Cut and the Product (London: Methuen, 2006), 1-52. Rpt. in his Plays: 2 (London: Methuen Drama, 2008), 179-231. PSt The play concerns a surgery, known as “the cut,” that is never defined that is used on dissidents, sick people, and those who choose to have it. It begins in the office of a practitioner who is conflicted about the practice trying to talk a healthy man out of having the surgery. In the second part, the practitioner, who has never told his wife what he does, having a confrontation with her. In the third part, a new government has outlawed “the cut” and the practitioner is in jail. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, February 23, 2006. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in his Plays: 2. (London: Methuen Drama, 2008), 179-231. |
| Info Notes |
Play first performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London February 23, 2006. |
| Author Note |
(b. 1966) |
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