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'Blasted' gripping in its raw and horrific scenes
"Blasted," the first play penned by the late English playwright Sarah Kane, received extremely hostile reviews when it was performed in 1995. One London newspaper described it as a "disgusting feast of filth" in the headline. Others derided it as nothing but obscenity and excessive violence.
The one-act play begins as a gritty but naturalistic drama. Ian (Reed Birney), a middle-aged journalist,...
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