Children

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

'Retired people are like nuclear power stations. They like to live by the sea.'Two ageing nuclear scientists in an isolated cottage on the coast, as the world around them crumbles. Then an old friend arrives with a frightening request.Lucy Kirkwood's play The Children premiered at the Royal Court, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 17 November 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.The Children was named Best Play at the 2018 Writers' Guild Awards.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-17
Mått:129 x 198 x 8 mm
Vikt:116 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NHB Modern Plays
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Nick Hern Books
ISBN:9781848426184
Utmärkelser:Winner of Best Play, Writers' Guild Awards 2018

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Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica (Almeida Theatre & West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2013 Evening Standard Best Play Award, the 2014 Critics’ Circle Best New Play Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award); NSFW (Royal Court, 2012); small hours (co-written with Ed Hime; Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Beauty and the Beast (with Katie Mitchell; National Theatre, 2010); Bloody Wimmin, as part of Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, 2010); it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Clean Break & Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the 2012 John Whiting Award); Hedda (Gate Theatre, London, 2008); and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008).She won the inaugural Berlin Lee UK Playwrights Award in 2013.

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'Sly, gripping, darkly funny… this is sci-fi kitted out with real people, real dilemmas, real scope. It’s really good'

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