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Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror and what it means to make the journey home again.This book contains Gregory Burke's award-winning text, with production notes by the director John Tiffany and colour photographs that capture the powerful and inventive use of movement in this visceral, complex and urgent piece of theatre.The National Theatre of Scotland's production of Black Watch opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2006 where it won a Herald Angel, a Scotsman Fringe First, a Best Theatre Writing Award from The List, a Stage Award for Best Ensemble, the Critics' Circle Award and the South Bank Show Award for Theatre. In 2007 it began a world tour in Scotland. "Completely brilliant." Daily Telegraph "Black Watch is a glorious piece of theatre, raw, truthful, uncomfortable, political, funny, moving, graceful and dynamic." Scotland on Sunday"A brilliantly realised piece." Evening Standard "A magnificent piece of social and political theatre. A high point not just of the festival but of the theatrical year" Observer
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFaber & Faber
- Publication dateOct. 7 2010
- File size3413 KB
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About the Author
Gregory Burke was born in Dunfermline in 1968. His plays include Gagarin Way (Traverse/National Theatre, 2001), which won the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award, Best New Play at the TMA Barclays Awards, was joint winner of the Meyer-Whitworth Award and was nominated for the South Bank Show Theatre Award and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play; The Straits (Paines Plough, UK tour, 2003), On Tour (Royal Court Theatre/Liverpool Everyman, 2005), Liar (National Theatre Shell Connections, 2006), Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland, world tour, 2006), which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Play, the South Bank Show Theatre Award in 2007 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2009, and Hoors (Traverse Theatre, 2009). --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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- ASIN : B004CCRICU
- Publisher : Faber & Faber (Oct. 7 2010)
- Language : English
- File size : 3413 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 137 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #537,126 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #84 in Playwriting (Kindle Store)
- #215 in Great Britain Travel Guides (Kindle Store)
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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 17, 2014
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This play takes a very interesting look at the war in Iraq and how the soldiers in the front lines feel about being there. I thought it was very powerful at the end when the soldiers tell you why they go to fight and how it is so different from what we think they fight for. Very beautifully written play really makes you think. I loved it.
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chajo
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Script
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 7, 2013Verified Purchase
This is the best play I have ever read and one I would recommend to others. It came in good time and was well worth ordering. Gregory Burke is an excellent playwright
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Lars P. Hanson
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2018Verified Purchase
This is the full text of the Scottish National Theater production of “Black Watch.” The play itself captures the tensions and intensity of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as best as a play can do for audiences who have not experienced those wars. It also captures the frustrations and feelings those who have been in Afghanistan and Iraq bring home with them.
Well worth seeing if the show comes your way. Simply reading the play pales by comparison, but it is a start. In reading the play, recommended reading it aloud and listening to the emotions and thoughts being expressed.
There is a lot to think about in this work.
Well worth seeing if the show comes your way. Simply reading the play pales by comparison, but it is a start. In reading the play, recommended reading it aloud and listening to the emotions and thoughts being expressed.
There is a lot to think about in this work.

Guido
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Historical Theater
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 4, 2020Verified Purchase
This is a magnificent script of the original BLACK WATCH production produced by the National Theater of Scotland and directed by the great John Tiffany. Follow the production on YouTube as your follow the script. This is what great theater is all about.