Deep Heat: Encounters with the Famous, the Infamous, and the Unknown
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Deep Heat: Encounters with the Famous, the Infamous, and the Unknown

Deep Heat: Encounters with the Famous, the Infamous, and the Unknown

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Robin Soans (Author)  

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There was an owl sat up an oak;The more he heard the less he spoke;The less he spoke, the more he heard;Oh that we were all like that wise old bird. The verbatim monologues in Deep Heat are drawn from conversations Robin Soans has had or overheard, or are edited versions of interviews he has conducted in the course of research for his plays. Subjects range from people who have held high office to those who have blown them up; from those who live in large country houses to others whose home is two blankets and a pile of leaves in the corner of a disused garage. So much of what is passed on as historical fact is the version of events that those with an ulterior motive choose to project. This book doesn't seek to judge, nor provide solutions; it seeks to redress the balance by giving a fair hearing even to those who may not share the same views as ours. Useful as audition pieces for actors, but equally of interest to the historian and sociologist in all of us. We are after all human, full of contradictions, and we can never inch our way towards greater self-knowledge if we don't see more of the picture than is traditionally the case.
Robin Soans is a playwright and actor. Oberon Books publishes his plays, Talking to Terrorists (Out of Joint/RoyalCourt), Life After Scandal (Hampstead) and Mixed Up North (Out of Joint/Octagon Theatre, Bolton). His other play sinclude The Arab-Israeli Cookbook (Gate Theatre, London) and A State Affair (Out of Joint/Soho Theatre).
  • Contributor: Robin Soans
  • Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd
  • ISBN13: 9781849430906
  • Number of Pages: 120
  • Packaged Dimensions: 138x216mm
  • Packaged Weight: 216
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2011-04-20
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Robin Soans is a playwright and actor. Oberon Books publishes his plays, Talking to Terrorists (Out of Joint/RoyalCourt), Life After Scandal (Hampstead) and Mixed Up North (Out of Joint/Octagon Theatre, Bolton). His other play sinclude The Arab-Israeli Cookbook (Gate Theatre, London) and A State Affair (Out of Joint/Soho Theatre).

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