Synopsis
Opium Eater
$17.99 Published by Capercaille Books
As de Quincey scribbles away in abject poverty, buoyed up by narcotic
sustenance, desperately trying to meet deadlines for Blackwood his
publisher, he is accompanied by a pickpocket and simpleton, Willy
The brilliant loquacious addict and the affably childish dimwit are drawn together by circumstance and a mutual need. The wonderful mastery of image in the author's work is reflected in the dialogue' ~ Robert Gore Langton
'Dallmeyer's play combines an exuberent eccentricity with a genuine passion for words and a powerful economy of expression' ~ Time Out
'... one of the best things I have ever seen in fringe theatre' ~ Martin Cropper, The Times