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In Extremis (Nick Hern Books)
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One of the greatest love stories ever told and the first original work commissioned by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. In Extremis, Howard Brenton's brilliant take on Abelard and Heloise, played to packed houses for two triumphant summer seasons.
A new spirit of philosophical and religious enquiry is growing in 12th-century France. In its vanguard is the brilliant Peter Abelard, a man of great learning, independence of mind, and sensuality. He starts a war of ideas with the powerful Abbot and Pope-maker, Bernard of Clairvaux, the arch-priest of medieval mysticism and austerity. But when Abelard begins a wild affair with his equally brilliant but disastrously connected student Heloise, his enemies find just the pretext they need to destroy him.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #539013 in Books
- Published on: 2006-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .23" h x 5.48" w x 7.77" l, .24 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
Editorial Reviews
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Romeo and Juliet with more brains... Highly recommended. --Daily Telegraph
A passionate, bracing play of ideas that has topical urgency as well as historical fascination. --Financial Times
Strips away the layers of received wisdom and starts anew...presenting their story in an engagingly pacy and refreshingly comic manner. --Evening Standard
A passionate, bracing play of ideas that has topical urgency as well as historical fascination. --Financial Times
Strips away the layers of received wisdom and starts anew...presenting their story in an engagingly pacy and refreshingly comic manner. --Evening Standard
About the Author
Howard Brenton had written for the Royal Court, the RSC, and the National before his play The Romans in Britain was famously prosecuted by moral crusader, Mary Whitehouse in 1980. Pravda co-written with David Hare, was a brilliant satire on press tycoonery seen at the National with Anthony Hopkins in 1985. He became a lead writer on TV's Spooks, before a triumphant return to the stage with Paul at the National and two sold out seasons at the Globe, followed by a national tour, of the award winning Anne Boleyn.
