Blasted: 60 Years of Modern Plays

I know you want to punish me, trying to make me live.

In 1995 Sarah Kane's first full—length play Blasted sent shockwaves throughout the theatrical world. Making front—page headlines, the play outraged critics with its depiction of rape, torture and violence in civil war. However, from being roundly condemned by the critics the play is now considered a seminal work of European theatre and has defined an entire era of stage writing.

In an expensive hotel room in Leeds, Ian, a middle—aged tabl...