Mark Ravenhill has established himself as one of the most important
playwrights to emerge from the 1990s. Provocative, dark, witty and
satirical, his plays consistently probe the debased culture of our
times.
This second volume of plays brings together five plays from 2001-07. It
includes Mother Clap's Molly House, a black comedy and celebration of
human sexuality that premiered at the National Theatre in 2001;
Citizenship, a bitter-sweet comedy about growing up that was developed
by the National Theatre's Shell Connections programme in 2005; The
Cut, a disturbing political fable that opened at the Donmar Warehouse
in 2006; Product, Ravenhill's one man satire on the media industry
that since its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2005,
has been produced around the world, and Pool (no water), a shocking
examination of the fragility of friendship and the jealousy and
resentment inspired by success.
The volume features an introduction by the author and a chronology of
his work.