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Breath, Boom (Methuen Modern Plays)

Breath, Boom (Methuen Modern Plays)
By Kia Corthron

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A new American play to re-open the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs Breath, Boom is Kia Corthron's first play for the Royal Court Theatre. It is a startling acute portrayal of Prix, a hardened female gang member in New York, whose only escape from her narrow, abusive life is an obsession with creating the perfect fireworks display. The play is based heavily on research into the lives of young women who choose to lead violent lives on the streets. It captures the tough and often poetic language that people who inhabit a world cut off from normal existence use to both mask and portray a perilous existence.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #716515 in Books
  • Published on: 2000-02-17
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 80 pages

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A play of revelations5
At first glance, Portia Coughlan is a woman still grieving her twin brother's death, and unhappy in her marriage. But there is far more to her, and this play, than that. This is a work in which nothing is as it seems, or as it should be. Portia's family is unmistakeably dysfunctional, but it is only at the shocking conclusion that we understand why.