nabokov / Escalator East to Edinburgh presents Peter Eyre and Arthur Darvill in
the World Premiere of
Terre Haute
by Edmund White
Thou shalt not kill 168 and live…
A famous author comes face-to-face with America's most notorious terrorist. One has a story to write, the other a story to tell. As the clock ticks on death row, the bond between the two men grows.
A haunting imagination of Gore Vidal's relationship with Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh in a scorching new play from one of America's greatest living writers, author of A Boy's Own Story.
Terre Haute is Edmund White's first new play for a decade, presented by acclaimed new writing company nabokov.
"One of the most brilliant and distinguished authors at work in
America today." Patrick McGrath
"America's most influential
gay writer." Time Magazine
"The personal and political
collide with explosive force. Fast-paced, impassioned... an exhilarating
torrent of ideas." The Times on nabokov's production
of Camarilla.
when and where?
30 July 2006 8pm, Bedford - Bowen West Theatre preview
5-28 August 2006 2pm, Edinburgh Fringe Festival -
Assembly
Rooms premiere
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