Helge; the patriarch of a chain of restaurants; is celebrating his sixtieth birthday and everyone is coming home from the party including Helges sons; Christian; Michael and his daughter Helene. Missing from the roster of invitees is Christians twin sister; Linda; who recently committed suicide. The reason for her action and the repercussions from it; form the basis of the shocking and painful events that transpire during a twenty-four hour period. In the midst of dinner; Christian makes a startling accusation and; even as the disbelieving guests are choosing sides; the play slowly unwraps the truth.David Eldridge powerful new play is adapted from Thomas Vinterborgs screenplay of the very successful film; Dogme.Published to tie in with Almeida Theatre production in March 2004 directed by Rufus Norris
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. There is zero information. No publisher description; no ...By Dr. M. R. JamesThere is zero information. No publisher description; no author information.At first I thought it was a reproduction-fascimile; given the faux-aged cover and lack of any Richard S. Hopkins in Wikipedia.But here is a Press Release from the publisher which for some reason is not posting:http://lsupress.org/assets/press-kits/2015/03/550c4de02afd4.pdfIn the second half of the nineteenth century; state and municipal governments oversaw the explosive growth of public parks; squares; and gardens throughout the city of Paris. In Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris; to be published in May 2015; Richard S. Hopkins skillfully weaves together social and cultural history to argue that the expansion of these greenspaces served as more than simple urban embellishment. Rather; they provided an essential component of the Second Empire’s efforts to transform and revitalize France’s capital city; and their development continued well into the Third Republic.Hopkins brings a new dimension to the study of nineteenth-century Parisian urbanism by considering the parks and squares of Paris from multiple perspectives: the reformers who advocated for them; the planners who constructed them; the workers who maintained them; and the neighborhood residents who used them. As public areas over which private citizens felt a high degree of ownership; these spaces offered a unique opportunity for collaboration between city officials and residents. Hopkins examines the national and municipal goals for the greenspaces; their intended contributions to public health; and the roles of park service employees and neighborhood groups in their ongoing centrality to Parisian life.Hopkins’s study moves deftly from the aspirations of the political authorities to the ways in which new public spaces contributed to community-building and neighborhood identity. Drawing on extensive archival research; he depicts a greenspace design and development process that illustrates the dynamic relationship between citizens and city.Richard S. Hopkins is assistant professor of history at Widener University.