This volume presents two plays written for Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg and not yet staged in English.The Rest Will Be Familiar to You from Cinema rewrites Euripides' Phoenician Women.
Martin Andrew Crimp (born 14 February 1956 in Dartford, Kent) is a British playwright.Crimp is sometimes described as a practitioner of the "in-yer-face" school of contemporary British drama, although he rejects the label. He is notable for the astringency of his dialogue, a tone of emotional detachment, a bleak view of human relationships – none of his characters experience love or joy – and latterly, a concern for theatrical form and language rather than an interest in narrative..