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Jez Butterworth - Parlour Song - 9781848420267 - V9781848420267
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Parlour Song

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Description for Parlour Song Paperback. Two couples live side by side in identical houses. On the outside Ned is a confident demolitions expert: on the inside he's a mess. He is the victim of increasingly bizarre but recurrent theft, and his marriage to Joy is running out of steam. Eventually he is usurped by his neighbour, and Joy deserts him - literally and metaphorically. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 86.

A blackly hilarious exploration of deceit, paranoia and murderous desire, as the spirit of the Blues lands in leafy suburbia.

Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside. He loves his job. Barbecues. Car-boot sales. Fitness programmes. Outwardly his life is entirely unremarkable. Not unlike his friend and neighbour Dale.

So why has he not slept a wink in six months? Why is he so terrified of his attractive wife Joy? And why is it every time he leaves on business, something else goes missing ... Read more

Jez Butterworth's play Parlour Song was first performed at the Atlantic Theater, New York, in Febraury 2008, before receiving its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre, London, in March 2009.

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420267
SKU
V9781848420267
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth is one of the UK's leading playwrights. His plays include: Mojo (Royal Court Theatre, London, 1995; West End, 2013); The Night Heron (Royal Court, 2002); The Winterling (Royal Court, 2006); Parlour Song (Atlantic Theater, New York, 2008; Almeida Theatre, London, 2009); Jerusalem (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2010; New York, 2011); The River (Royal Court, 2012); The Ferryman (Royal ... Read more

Reviews for Parlour Song
'Blissfully funny... combines the comic, the erotic and the downright disconcerting with superb panache'
Telegraph
'Exactly captures the mundane madness beneath the bland routine of affluence'
Guardian
'Wickedly funny'
Financial Times

Goodreads reviews for Parlour Song


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