This volume presents two plays by Martin Crimp not yet seen in
English. The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema rewrites
Euripides' Phoenician Women. As Thebes braces itself for civil war, a
group of terrifying young women wrest control of the action from the
power players of Greek myth. "A brilliant new interpretation of
Euripides' ancient drama." Sueddeutsche Zeitung "Innovative and
gripping theatre." Hamburger Abendblatt In Men Asleep, the
late-night arrival of a younger couple at Julia and Paul's tasteful
townhouse apartment exposes the fault-line between generations and
probes our assumptions about gender and power. "A mysterious and
disquieting 'nocturne' about human relationships."Die Welt "Martin
Crimp is less interested in deconstructing the bourgeoisie than in
investigating the altered relations between men and women ... The ending
of his intelligent and entertaining play is ambiguous and potentially
terrifying." Der Freitag Both plays were written for Schauspielhaus,
Hamburg.