BLASTED

Blasted

Blasted is the first play by British author Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1995 at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London. This performance was highly controversial and the play was fiercely attacked by most newspaper critics, many of whom regarded it as a rather immature attempt to shock the audience. However, critics have subsequently reassessed it; for example The Guardian's Michael Billington, who savaged the play in his first review, later recanted in the wake of Kane's suicide: "I got it wrong, as I keep saying. She was a major talent. Apparently, Harold Pinter said at her memorial service that she was a poet, and I think ...

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blasted

Verb

blasted

Adjective

  1. Which has been subjected to an explosion.
    The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit.
  2. Accursed; damned.
    I’ve tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in.
  3. Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.

Adverb

  1. Damned; extremely.
    That dog is so blasted stubborn.


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