The Freeway: A Play in Two Acts
| Title | The Freeway: A Play in Two Acts |
| Year for Search | 1975 |
| Authors | Nichols, Peter(b. 1927) |
| Date Published | 1975 |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Dystopia which the author says should not be compared to the classic dystopias, involving a massive traffic jam where people have to live for an extended period in their cars and motor homes. Set in a violent future where roads other than the freeways are not safe. |
| Additional Publishers | Rev. in his Plays: One (London: Methuen Drama, 1991), 407-510, with an introduction by the author (409-11); and London: Bloomsbury, 2013. |
| Info Notes | The play was first performed at the Old Vic directed by Jonathan Miller in October 1974. A radio version was broadcast in 1991. |
| Holding Institutions | L, LLL |
| Author Note | (b. 1927) |
| Full Text | 1975 Nichols, Peter (b. 1927). The Freeway: A Play in Two Acts. London: Faber and Faber. Rev. in his Plays: One (London: Methuen Drama, 1991), 407-510, with an introduction by the author (409-11); and London: Bloomsbury, 2013. L, LLL Dystopia which the author says should not be compared to the classic dystopias, involving a massive traffic jam where people have to live for an extended period in their cars and motor homes. Set in a violent future where roads other than the freeways are not safe. The play was first performed at the Old Vic directed by Jonathan Miller in October 1974. A radio version was broadcast in 1991. |
