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Barney Norris - Visitors (Oberon Modern Plays) - 9781783191048 - V9781783191048
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Visitors (Oberon Modern Plays)

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Description for Visitors (Oberon Modern Plays) Paperback. This funny, life-affirming play is infused with humour and humanity. Tender and touching, Visitors is an elegiac celebration of a lifetime shared. Series: Oberon Modern Plays. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 212 x 6. Weight in Grams: 114.
On a farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, a family is falling apart. Stephen can’t afford to put his mother into care; Arthur can’t afford to stop working and look after his wife. When a young stranger with blue hair moves in to care for Edie as her mind unravels, the family are forced to ask: are we living the way we wanted? Visitors is a haunting, beautiful look at the way our lives slip past us. Critics Circle Award 2014 for Most Promising Playwright. Winner of the Best New Play Award at the Off ... Read more Shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Writers Guild of Great Britain 2014 award for Best Play. Show Less

Product Details

Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Oberon Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783191048
SKU
V9781783191048
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Ref
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About Barney Norris
Barney Norris’ plays are Visitors, Fear of Music and At First Sight. His first pamphlet of poems, Falling, has just been published, and his first book, To Bodies Gone: The Theatre of Peter Gill, is forthcoming from Seren. Theatre as director includes I Cinna (St James Theatre), Ashes (Arcola Theatre for the Miniaturists) and Schnapps (Lyric Hammersmith). He is an ... Read more

Reviews for Visitors (Oberon Modern Plays)
Infinitely touching...a mature and tender play. [Norris] is an authentic new voice.
Four stars - Guardian
Barney Norris's first full-length play is astonishingly accomplished. Norris is a perceptive and humane craftsman...he has created an aching love story. He is a talent to watch.
Five stars - Evening Standard
...an absolute beauty, by turns funny, tender and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Visitors (Oberon Modern Plays)


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