Selected Plays by Griselda Gambaro: Siamese Twins; Mother by Trade; As the Dream Dictates; Asking Too Much; Persistence; Dear Ibsen, I Am Nora; The Gift

Griselda Gambaro is an important Argentinian dramatist and playwright whose plays explore Argentine reality and transcend cultural and geographical borders. This anthology of new translations is a welcome contribution to British theatre culture and the English-speaking stage, showcasing Gambaro's radical, subversive, and inventive use of form and theatricality. The plays include "Siamese Twins" (1967), "Mother by Trade" (1999), "As the Dream Dictates" (2002), "Persistence" (2007), "Dear Ibsen, I Am Nora" (2013), and "The Gift" (2015).

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 19 May 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Griselda Gambaro is undoubtedly one of Argentina's most significant dramatists, as well as a playwright of international significance, whose poetics not only interpret Argentine reality but transcend cultural and geographical borders. Despite international recognition, her plays remain little performed in the UK, an absence which makes this anthology of new translations a welcome contribution to British theatre culture, and to the English-speaking stage. Prolific since the 1960s, Gambaro's plays are radical, subversive, and endlessly inventive in the use of form and theatricality. This is a theatre of resistance which has the potential to make searing comments on our own domestic and political contexts, an experience which may not be comfortable but is always vital. Dazzling, original, incisive, and poetic, this anthology shows Griselda Gambaro at the height of her creative powers.

Siamese Twins (1967) In this charged and forceful play, two brothers (one weak, one strong) play out a primal scene of envy, cruelty, and torture as one exerts his power and aggression over the other.

Mother by Trade (1999) In a stark process of truth and reconciliation, a daughter meets her estranged mother forty years after she abandoned her as an infant.

As the Dream Dictates (2002) How can we look to the future if there is great trauma in our past? In this play, only the untethered thinking that comes with dreaming allows us the freedom to imagine.

Asking Too Much (2004) In this enigmatic two-hander, the roles played by a man and a woman in the game of human attachment are renegotiated.

Persistence (2007) Inspired by the real-life event of the 2004 Beslan massacre in Russia, Persistence is a poetic play which goes to the heart of human tragedy.

Dear Ibsen, I Am Nora (2013) Nora, the character.

Weight: 338g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350233638