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Plays, 1 / Simon Stephens.
Van Pelt Library PR6119.T455 A6 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stephens, Simon, 1971-
- Series:
- Methuen contemporary dramatists
- Methuen drama contemporary dramatists
- Standardized Title:
- Plays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--20th century.
- English drama.
- English drama--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 338 pages ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Plays, one
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen, 2005.
- Summary:
- First collection from the 2004 Pearson Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens Plays: 1brings together four of the early plays from the winner of the 2002 Pearson Best New Play Award. Since Bluebird in 1998, Stephens has gained recognition for humane plays that display a sharp observation and compassionate response to the lives of ordinary people in urban locations. Bluebird : Cabbie Jimmy overhears the weird, wonderful and violent tales of his passengers he confronts his past and his estranged wife. -- Christmas : One night in an East end pub, four men confront their past and brace themselves for an uncertain future. -- Herons : The disturbing story of one teenager on a violent estate in London. -- Port : One woman's struggle to cope with and finally escape her life in Stockport.
- Contents:
- Bluebird
- Christmas
- Herons
- Port.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Stephens, Simon, 1971- Plays. Selections. Plays, 1.
- ISBN:
- 041377547X
- 9780413775474
- OCLC:
- 67908020
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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