Eastern Promise: Seven Plays from Central and Eastern Europe

By Cheryl Robson and Siân Evans

This collection of award-winning plays features works from the cutting edge of Central and Eastern European theatre.

With a foreword by Gerald Lidstone, Eastern Promise brings together seven women writers who have all experienced living at a time when their countries were part of a larger political entity. For Gabriela Preissova, it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire, for the others, the soviet bloc. Some of the moral and political dilemmas their characters face range from the killing of a child, to the betrayal of a comrade, to reinventing oneself as a way of living in exile.

Includes the plays: Belgrade Trilogy, The Tender Mercies, Tulip Doctor, The Chosen Ones, Jenufa (Her Stepdaughter), Nascendo, and The Umbilical Cord.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 095158779X
• ISBN13: 9780951587799
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"