a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion
- Written by: Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre CompanyDecay, terror, revulsion. These are three of the central themes of Thomas Bernhard’s rarely performed play The President.
The Austrian is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, best known in the English-speaking world as a novelist.
As literary scholar Rita Felski puts it, Bernhard’s oeuvre...
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