Sixty-Six Books: A Contemporary Response to the King James Bible

by The Bush Theatre

Overview

Brings together a team of the country's most exciting emerging and established directors, designers, performers, and artists to create an experience that culminates in a major performance event at the Bush Theatre's new home, which is collected here, in this beautifully produced book. Includes Janette Winterson, Billy Bragg, and Nick Labutte, to name a few.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849432276
Publisher:	Oberon Books
Publication date:	02/28/2012
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Authors included are: Kwame Kwei Armah, Alia Bano, Neil Bartlett, Caroline Bird, Yemisi Blake, Billy Bragg, Moira Buffini, Sam Burns, Suhayla El Bushra, Anne Carson, Matt Charman, Brian Chikwava, Elinor Cook, Laura Dockrill, Carol Ann Duffy, Stella Duffy, David Edgar, Helen Edmundson, David Eldridge, Adam Foulds, Naomi Foyle, Salena Godden, Chris Goode, James Graham, Trevor Griffiths, Suheir Hammad, Nathalie Handal, Nancy Harris, Daisy Hasan, DC Jackson, Jackie Kay, Luke Kennard, Maha Khan Philips, Deirdre Kinahan, Nancy Kricorian, Neil LaBute, Nick Laird, Mandla Langla, Stewart Lee, Toby Litt, Lachlan Mackinnon, Anne Michaels, Helen Mort, Kate Mosse, Andrew Motion, Paul Muldoon, Molly Naylor, Anthony Neilson, Nick Payne, Wena Poon, Ben Power, Anya Reiss, Tim Rice, Michael Rosen, Kamila Shamsie, Owen Sheers, Christopher Shinn, Wole Soyinka, Jack Thorne, Enda Walsh, Zukiswa Wanner, Steve Waters, Rowan Williams, Jeanette Winterson, Anthony Weigh and Roy Williams.

Editorial Reviews

“Nothing short of miraculous. The written word has turned into the flesh of living theatre.” – The Times

“It’s a confection that embodies the ethos of the Bush, drawing together the talents of a fantastically wide spectrum of creative artists… Intelligently conceived... This is truly "event theatre”...this colossal homage is deliciously varied and inventive.” –Evening Standard

“It’s a tremendous idea… You get intensely felt pieces; stories told from a new perspective; and thoughtful personal interpretations, such as Neil Bartlett’s lovely little monologue from a middle-aged man who recalls reading from Numbers as a child” – Financial Times

“It’s a fantastically ambitious project, proving the Bush has lost none of its chutzpah” – Time Out

“It’s a heroic, slightly mad enterprise… Neil Bartlett’s ‘The Opening of the Mouth’ is a moving masterclass in how to incorporate the old within the new” – Independent

“Scattered with gems: some richly poetic, some delicately capturing the inarticulacies of modern-day speech and bewildering pain at cruelties human or divine.” –Independent on Sunday

“Fantastic, mesmerising, funny, unsettling, bewildering… an impressive collection which says much about our 21st century world.” – Magnet

“a big, bold enterprise.. it makes you want to go to the book” – The Guardian

“such a welter of writers and styles in short 15-minutes-or-less slices…. All were brilliantly performed. As Rourke remarked, in 24 hours we had seen more writers, directors and actors pass through the stage than we would see in four years. Seeing only one play in a night is going to seem very small beer after this.” 4 stars – The Arts Desk

“a memorable achievement.. a major piece of work… not only celebrates this great piece of English literature [King James Bible] but is a wide ranging comment on our own times.” – British Theatre Guide

“In the beginning was the Bush and the Bush created Sixty-Six Books, an epic act…this was a thing you would remember being part of…. [an] appropriately hefty playtext” 4 stars – Exeunt Magazine

"Sixty-Six Books is an incredible achievement and a one off experience that it would be sacrilegious to miss." 4 stars – What’s on stage

“Whether on stage or page, this is a mighty work. When it played at the new Bush Theatre and Westminster Abbey, the "evening" lasted a full 24 hours. Read on the page, it will give an equal quantity of enjoyment… a good read and in terms of play script pricing, excellent value for money.” – British Theatre Guide

From the Publisher