Robert Holman (1) (1952–2021)
Autor de The Amish Landscape
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Obras de Robert Holman
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1952-08-25
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2021-12-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
London, England, UK - Ocupaciones
- playwright
Miembros
Reseñas
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Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Miembros
- 62
- Popularidad
- #271,094
- Valoración
- 4.4
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 48
- Idiomas
- 1
“Across Oka” is a typical Holman play, dealing with the tension between generations and classes within a family, in a subtle, almost gentle way. Here a teenage boy gets a chance to fulfill his grandpa’s dream – going to the Soviet Union. But he’s full of rage and tension (very very subtly hinted at throughout the play) and ends up taking his revenge in a completely misdirected manner, to his own horror.
This meticulous, acting-focused type of drama – very English - is not my cup of tea really. But Holman is very good at it, and has a flavor of his own: held back, simple and downplayed. As pure reading material, this floats my boat okay, but doesn’t make me do cartwheels. I’d like to see a play of his staged some day.… (más)