Bite the Hand |
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| Author:
| Daws, Gavan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88739-536-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
| Publisher: | El Leon Literary Arts
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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Drama. Set in a marine research lab, two dolphins (played by dancers) and their scientist keepers mix language and movement to create a drama that is "enacted within a breathing and buoyant metaphor" -Paul Theroux. Daws compellingly innovative first play reveals itself as alternately a verbal and physical comedy of control capsizing, and an active mediation on nature and science. "Brilliant, searching, original, and lit by a coruscating wit, BITE THE HAND is a work of startling...
More DescriptionDrama. Set in a marine research lab, two dolphins (played by dancers) and their scientist keepers mix language and movement to create a drama that is "enacted within a breathing and buoyant metaphor" -Paul Theroux. Daws compellingly innovative first play reveals itself as alternately a verbal and physical comedy of control capsizing, and an active mediation on nature and science. "Brilliant, searching, original, and lit by a coruscating wit, BITE THE HAND is a work of startling invention and revelation" -W.S. Merwin. Daws has written eleven books and won several international awards for his documentary films. He currently lives in Honolulu where he is developing a musical theatre project.