Incarnations: Three Plays by

by Clive Barker

Book Overview

Legions of Clive Barker fans will relish three early works from the wicked imagination of one of the best-known fantasy/horror writers of the decade.Incarnations is a cross-disciplinary marvel, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061052442
• ISBN13: 9780061052446
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Eos
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Into the mind of genius

In the realm of books filled with a play (or plays) this one is a real delight. Barker always satisfies in drawing the reader into highly imaginative realms of mythology, psychology and suspense - with wonderful surprises along the way.If you are in the mood for a handful of soul stirring plays, I recommend this one along with The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Wilson.My only complaint is that Barker's usually intriguing forwards sometimes give too much away, akin to a reviewer who provides just a tad too much insight. However, one could save the forward for after the plays. Barker is a literary genius who spins the most amazing stories. To visualize them as theatrical releases on the stage is very intriguing.Great work.

It Just Dosn't Get Any Better.

This book of plays was one of the best I have ever read. My fav of the three was Frankenstein in Love. The monolouges by Maria were superb and amasing. Her monolouges made me want to put the play on myself. Colossus was a little harder to get into but it was well worth it. In The History of The Devil speaks for itself. In all three plays the wrighting is some of Clive's best. It's well worth the effort to find this out of print book and keep it for a life time.

History of the Devil is the best

My name is Christian Panaite and I'm from Romania.I was in the team who worked at the production of History of the devil in Princeton High School, NJ.Till then I hadn't heard about Clive Barker but reading "Incarnations" I discovered a new world full with horror and mistery- it was a very interesting experience.Acting in his play was a great event for me -I was Milo Milo and I was very proud that I had the smallest part from the play.There are so many things to say about his books -I think that his style is unique, he is unique ,his world is unique.

i'm directing History/Devil for a student-directed play

I wasn't really familiar with Clive Barker's work, and it struck me as an odd bet that this play would work for the stage, but i became so engrossed with the vivid characters, the incredible imagery, and the intensity of the vision itself, we decided that History of the Devil would be perfect to put on as the 1998 student-directed play at my highschool. Thank you, Clive Barker, this should be an excellent, fun production, and I encourage anyone to become entangled by these absorbing plays, as I was.

a true genius

I had the opportunity to meet Clive Barker in Minneapolis MN, and had him sign this hardcover. The History of the Devil is by far one of my favorite things by Mr. Barker. It has an interesting twist and beautiful characters who you feel like you know. This is a wonderful set of plays and I highly recommend it.