| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Note |
Previously published in print: in Plays one. London, Methuen Drama, 1996. |
| Summary |
St Eusebius is in devotional exile in the desert, alone apart from a tower of his own excrement, enduring extreme physical deprivation for the betterment of his soul and apologising to the maggots that live in his festering flesh. After a desperate struggle with a Cockney demon that speaks through Eusebius's mouth, he is challenged by St Pior, a rival hermit, to a bizarre duel of piety. With a mixture of slapstick, rhetoric, religious fervour and red-blooded vernacular, Barnes creates a comic theatre of opposites. 'Noonday Demons' was premiered with 'Leonardo's Last Supper' in 1969 at the Open Space Theatre. |
| Note |
Compatible with accessibility standards for most Level A (Priority 1) and AA (Priority 2) success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) developed by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). |
| Local Note |
Bloomsbury Drama Online - Core Collection |
| Subject |
Eusebius, Saint, Bishop of Vercelli, approximately 283-371 -- Drama.
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Eusebius, Saint, Bishop of Vercelli, approximately 283-371. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Barnes, Peter, 1931-2004.
Plays one.
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| ISBN |
9781408162293.00000049 |
| Standard No. |
10.5040/9781408162293.00000049 |
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