Was Casanova's promiscuity part of a coherent philosophical position, involving the celebration of pleasure for both parties involved, or was that just a good line for getting their clothes off? David Greig explores the possibilities.

Casanova: A Suspect Culture text

Literature & Fiction

David Greig

Dramas & Plays

Faber and Faber

A man is found lying in the snow at the foot of the Pyrenees. He remembers nothing. He believes he is British. A young woman from the British Consulate is dispatched to confirm his nationality and to try to piece together his identity. When Vivienne, a middle aged woman from Edinburgh arrives, she presents him with a history he doesn't recognise. Is he really who she says he is? As the snow melts on the mountains the man must decide which reality he will enter - Anna's or Vivienne's? Who is he really? Pyrenees premiered at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow in March 2005 in a co-production between Paines Plough and the Tron Theatre Company, Glasgow, in association with Palace Theatre, Watford.

Pyrenees

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

<p>"David Greig: Plays 1" brings together four key plays by the playwright described by the "Daily Telegraph" as 'one of the most interesting and adventurous British dramatists of his generation'. In "Outlying Island", two young Cambridge ornithologists are sent to a remote island. Together with its authoritarian leaseholder and his niece they observe an innocence that is about to be destroyed forever. "San Diego" offers a strange and occasionally nightmarish journey into the heart of the contemporary American dream, weaving together stories of illegal immigrants, of film stars and whores, and even of the playwright himself. "Pyrenees" follows a man found lying in the snow in the foothills as he tries to piece together his identity. In "The American Pilot", a crash-landing in a remote valley in a distant country raises questions about how the world sees America and how America sees the world. The collection also includes a trilogy of short plays, "Being Norwegian", "Kyoto" and "Brewers Fayre", published here for the first time. "Outlying Island" - 'I can't recommend it highly enough ...A rich, charged play, veering between the comic and the poetic as innocence gives way to experience' - "Telegraph". "San Diego" - 'A surreal and intriguing piece of theatre ...dazzling ...Home and awake from the mythical dream that is "San Diego", the name David Greig remains imprinted on our minds' - "Independent". "Pyrenees" - 'All the wit and intelligence of previous works, probing away at concerns that are both contemporary and timeless...A classy, rewarding, engaging drama, Greig's best to date' - "The Times". "The American Pilot" - 'One of the most intellectually stimulating dramatists around. A richly provocative new play' - "Guardian".</p>

Selected Plays 1999-2009

Faber&Faber

Welcome to Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, a jewel of the Arab world and the crossroads of the Middle East. Paul is here to sell English language textbooks. It's Valentine's Day and he'd rather be at home with his wife. He begins negotiations with his Syrian contact, Muna. Can he seal the deal? Misunderstandings multiply until their presumptions about one another fall away and new possibilities emerge. In this city of transformations, Paul grapples with language and love, meanings and misconceptions. And as his flight home is delayed by a bomb at Beirut Airport, he begins to wonder - will he ever leave?

Damascus

"Yellow Moon" is a modern Bonnie and Clyde tale that follows the fortunes of two teenagers on the run. Silent Leila is an introverted girl who has a passion for celebrity magazines. Stag Lee Macalinden is the deadest of dead-end kids in a dead-end town. They never meant to get mixed up in a murder...but now they need a place to hide.

Yellow Moon

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Swept along on an enchanting dream-like journey of self discovery, Prudencia meets with magical moments, devilish encounters and wittily wild music. Inspired by the Border ballads, "The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart" by David Greig was first presented by the National Theatre of Scotland in the Victorian Bar of the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, in February 2011 and toured to oran Mor, Glasgow, and Ghillie Dhu, Edinburgh, in association with the Traverse Theatre, in summer 2011.

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

<p>Duck Macatarsney cares for her biker dad, Duke, whose MS is getting worse. Duke is a spliff-smoking (for medicinal reasons you understand), bike-riding, heavy-metal- and horror-movie-loving, pizza-eating widower who has brought up Duck since the death of her mum in a crash. The two of them are just about surviving when one morning the Duke wakes up blind and the Duck hears Social Services are coming to take her away. "The Monster in the Hall" follows Duck as she tries to protect her world from the terrifying prospect of change. David Greig's "The Monster in the Hall" premiered at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, in autumn 2010, and was staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in 2011 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.</p>

Monster in the Hall

TWO SISTERS

Faber & Faber, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

If You Leave Me, Put It in Writing: Separation Agreement Kit

Reference

Intl Self Counsel Pr

If You Leave Me, Put It in Writing: Separation Agreement Kit for British Columbia (Self-Counsel Legal Series)

McGraw-Hill Companies

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