In the Republic of Happiness: An Entertainment in Three Parts
| Title | In the Republic of Happiness: An Entertainment in Three Parts |
| Year for Search | 2012 |
| Authors | Crimp, Martin(b. 1956) |
| Pagination | 90 pp. |
| Date Published | 2012 |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Place Published | London |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-571-30177-5 978-0-571-32536-8 |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Three versions of dystopia. The three parts are Destruction of the Family, The Five Essential Freedoms of the Individual, and In the Republic of Happiness. The first part takes place at a family Christmas lunch in which Uncle Bob and his wife Madeleine show up to tell the family that they are leaving forever and why Madeleine hates every member of the family. The is simply five lists of the characteristics of the supposed freedoms, which are solipsistic in the extreme. The third part has Uncle Bob and Madeleine in a large white room with windows that suggest a vague green landscape and they have a meandering conversation. The review in the Guardian, suggests, on the basis of an epigram from Dante’s Paradiso before the third act, which is the only epigram in the text, that the play is Crimp’s take on the Divine Comedy. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/13/republic-of-happiness-review. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, December 6, 2012. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Plays Three (London: Faber & Faber, 2015), 269-358. |
| Info Notes | The play was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, December 6, 2012. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1956) |
| Full Text | 2012 Crimp, Martin (b. 1956). In the Republic of Happiness: An Entertainment in Three Parts. London: Faber & Faber. Rpt. in his Plays Three (London: Faber & Faber, 2015), 269-358. Three versions of dystopia. The three parts are Destruction of the Family, The Five Essential Freedoms of the Individual, and In the Republic of Happiness. The first part takes place at a family Christmas lunch in which Uncle Bob and his wife Madeleine show up to tell the family that they are leaving forever and why Madeleine hates every member of the family. The is simply five lists of the characteristics of the supposed freedoms, which are solipsistic in the extreme. The third part has Uncle Bob and Madeleine in a large white room with windows that suggest a vague green landscape and they have a meandering conversation. The review in the Guardian, suggests, on the basis of an epigram from Dante’s Paradiso before the third act, which is the only epigram in the text, that the play is Crimp’s take on the Divine Comedy. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/13/republic-of-happiness-review. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, December 6, 2012. |
