.png){kind=logo}
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Harrogate
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 100.
There's gossip going around that we're all like him. That we're all paper thin, that it's all been painted over, and each one of us is gonna sit down one day and not be able to stand up, like we've disappeared to ourselves. Harrogate tells the story of a father struggling to confront his obsessions head-on without destroying his family. It is a play about how we perform versions of ourselves depending on what company we keep, and how we project onto others versions of the people we want to ... Read more
There's gossip going around that we're all like him. That we're all paper thin, that it's all been painted over, and each one of us is gonna sit down one day and not be able to stand up, like we've disappeared to ourselves. Harrogate tells the story of a father struggling to confront his obsessions head-on without destroying his family. It is a play about how we perform versions of ourselves depending on what company we keep, and how we project onto others versions of the people we want to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781350028081
SKU
V9781350028081
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Al Smith
Al Smith's theatre includes Enola (Underbelly, 2005), Radio (Soho / 59E59 NYC, 2006/7), The Astronaut Wives Club (Soho, 2006), The Bird (Underbelly / Arcola, 2008), Gold & Popcorn and Black & White (NYTRep, 2012), Harrogate (HighTide, 2015) and Diary of a Madman (Gate/Traverse, 2016). He has been Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Finborough ... Read more
Reviews for Harrogate
Harrogate plays games with its audience, setting up and then confounding our expectations ... Smith's writing is punchy, sometimes bruising
Financial Times
[A] knife-like piece of writing
Stage on Harrogate
Smith's skill is in sidling up to a taboo and staying just the right side of it ... A slippery, unpinnable piece: ... Read more
Financial Times
[A] knife-like piece of writing
Stage on Harrogate
Smith's skill is in sidling up to a taboo and staying just the right side of it ... A slippery, unpinnable piece: ... Read more