UID:
edocfu_9959716065002883
Format:
1 online resource (pages 134-183) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780857420015
Series Statement:
Contemporary World Drama
Content:
"For Rent portrays the possible consequences of such difficult economic conditions. What is most striking about For Rent is that it is able to present stark realities through high theatricality. For instance, certain characters have surreal monologues which they speak after their death or from a distant future. The entire performance takes place in a city park that is like a microcosm of the world and where most of the characters meet one another for the first time. The characters are outcasts who have nothing to lose, who risk their bodies and their lives for very little in return. Their language is brutal and shocking and their action is violent as they cut one another with razor blades. Yula said 12 that he wanted to portray everything from the vantage point of those on the periphery-- the 'others.' He asks some basic, philosophical questions: Why would one person rob or harm another? What are the reasons? What forces someone to do this? He constructed the play in cinematic fashion with these questions in mind. For instance, he created the character of the 14-year-old prostitute and then he aged the character; next, he wrote the character of the gigolo she falls in love with, and added his murder; and then the character of the the old man who killed him was developed."--Introduction.
Note:
Title from title page (viewed August 27, 2021).
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Characters: Adnan, Sadik, Simay, Oruç, Korhan, Ferhan.
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In English.
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Original language in Turkish.
In:
Solum, and other plays from Turkey., London, England : Seagull Books London, 2011., Pages 130-183, 9780857420015
Language:
English
Keywords:
Drama.
