#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
NHB Modern Plays
ISBN-10
1848423314
ISBN-13
9781848423312
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Imprint
Nick Hern Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 11th, 2013
Print length
72 Pages
Weight
92 grams
Dimensions
19.70 x 13.00 x 0.70 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
Ksh 1,800.00
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A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate.
A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel "could damage state security", he was escorted to a van by officials, after which he disappeared for eighty-one days. On his release, the government claimed that his imprisonment related to tax evasion. Howard Brenton's play is based on Ai Weiwei's account in Barnaby Martin's book Hanging Man, in which he told the story of that imprisonment - by turns surreal, hilarious, and terrifying. A portrait of the artist in extreme conditions, it is also an affirmation of the centrality of art and freedom of speech in civilised society. #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in April 2013.
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