Rules for Living - Couverture souple

Holcroft, Sam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848424698 ISBN 13 : 9781848424692

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2015

Synopsis

Everyone creates their own coping strategies or rules for living. But what happens when an extended family gathers in the kitchen for a traditional Christmas and they each follow those rules, rigidly?

'With all due respect, that sounds like the biggest load of pseudo-psychological mumbo-jumbo I've ever heard in my life.'

In Sam Holcroft's theatrically playful, dark comedy the family does just that. And when the instructions are there for all to see, audience included, there's really no place to hide.

As long-held mechanisms for survival are laid bare, even Mum, who's been preparing this lunch since last January, becomes embroiled.

Long-held rivalries and resentments will out. Accusations fly, relationships deconstruct, the rules take over.

Riles of Living premiered at the National Theatre, London in March 2015.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sam Holcroft's plays include Edgar & Annabel, part of the Double Feature season at the Paintframe, at the National Theatre, London; Dancing Bears, part of the Charged season for Clean Break at Soho Theatre and Latitude Festival; While You Lie at the Traverse, Edinburgh; Pink, part of the Women, Power and Politics season at the Tricycle; Vanya, adapted from Chekhov, at The Gate; Cockroach, co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Traverse (nominated for Best New Play 2008, by the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland and shortlisted for the John Whiting Award, 2009) and Ned and Sharon at the HighTide Festival. Sam received the Tom Erhardt Award in 2009, was the Pearson Writer-in-Residence at the Traverse Theatre, 2009 - 10, and was appointed Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre Studio in 2013.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848424698
• ISBN 13: 9781848424692
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible