Ebook: Writing for nothing: with an introduction by the author

Martin Crimp's 'Writing for Nothing' collects texts written over the last thirty years. Included here are short plays, unmistakably the work of the internationally acclaimed author of 'Attempts on Her Life'; texts for opera, beginning with the modern masterpiece 'Written on Skin', created with composer George Benjamin; and two stories that provide a new perspective on Crimp, revealing a writer capable of bringing all of his brilliance to prose. Unsettling, elegant and incisive, 'Writing for Nothing' is a vibrant and varied anthology, celebrating a writer with a rare talent for illuminating the power structures behind our everyday world.;Writing in prose : The play -- Stage kiss -- Writing for theatre : Party -- In the valley -- The iron rice bowl -- Vaclav and Amelia -- The art of painting -- Advice to Iraqi women -- Messenger of love -- Writing for music : Into the Little Hill -- Written on skin -- Lessons in love and violence.