Author Archives: Robert Rae
Disability, invisibility and theatre. (International Journal of Scottish Theatre)
Disability, invisibility and theatre: which nation are we staging? Robert Rae (2001)
I should begin by pointing out the contradiction … Read the rest
Endgame
“SAMUEL BECKETT wrote Endgame back in the late 1950’s, when nuclear holocaust was the fear that stalked humankind. Yet somehow, … Read the rest
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Marat-Sade is a theatrical mediation of history, a comment on the dramatically changing world of the 1960s. Set in post-Revolutionary … Read the rest
Babylon Burning (Another Lovely War)
The recent war on terror has become a key theme for politically-engaged theatre companies. BABYLON BURNING narrates the origins and … Read the rest
One Hour Before Sunrise
Ghazi Hussein has written a play of extreme brutality and poignancy. It describes the experience of a political prisoner, a … Read the rest
Black Sun Over Genoa
“There was a sense, on the eve of the giant Make Poverty History March and the G8 summit in Gleneagles, … Read the rest
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
This play takes John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera as its catalyst. It presents the thieves, whores and poverty-stricken people of … Read the rest
The Last Little Fish In The Net
A King and his three daughters live by the sea. The Queen has died and the household is not … Read the rest
Consider Rather The River
This play was performed on the banks of the Water of Leith and combines the realities of life in 2003 … Read the rest