An Evening with playwright Martin Sherman
Join us at Books on the Rise for a talk with legendary playwright Martin Sherman to discuss his life and work.
Join us at Books on the Rise for an evening with legendary playwright Martin Sherman to discuss his life and work. Actors will read from his classic play BENT and we will celebrate the release of the brand new edition.
About BENT:
Bent took London by storm when it was first seen at the Royal Court Theatre, London, starring Ian McKellen and Tom Bell. It transferred via the Criterion Theatre to Broadway, where it received a Tony nomination for Best Play and won The Dramatists’ Guild Hull-Warriner Award. In 1990 Sean Mathias directed a National Theatre revival of the play, followed by a film version starring Mick Jagger, Jude Law, Ian McKellen and Clive Owen. 2006 saw a new West End production by Daniel Kramer, starring Alan Cumming and Chris New. The play has now been performed in 60 countries.
“This is an important play… ‘Bent,’ is powerful, thought-provoking theater, and it should not be missed.”
– New York Times
“A heroic myth … It has the laughter which Yeats asserted lay at the heart of tragedy.”
~ John Elsom, The Listener
“Fascinating … a work of considerable dignity and passion”
~ Michael Billington, The Guardian
“Undeniably powerful”
~ Sunday Express
“Sherman’s truthful and shattering love story”
~ Time Out
“Sherman dramatises the journey to oblivion of Max, a young gay German, from the morning after a hedonistic night of sex and cocaine in 1934 to Dachau … Bent looks now [in 1999] like a tremendous post-war theatre classic.”
~ Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard.
Actors reading from 'Bent' are:
William Baylis and Daniel Page.
Daniel Page:
Theatre includes: Billy Elliot, The Secret Garden (RSC), Bugle Boy, Wind in the Willows, Queen of the Desert, James and the Giant peach, Crazy for You, Beauty and the Beast, La Cage aux Folles.
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Doors at 6:45 PM