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Cockroach
Sam Holcroft
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Description for Cockroach
Paperback. The valiant teacher battles on with biology revision. Outside the classroom, the world is in the middle of a long and bloody war. One by one pupils and teacher are pulled under, as their hopes and dreams float away from them. But in her biology lesson the teacher has taught her pupils that, like the cockroach, the fittest will survive. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
A dark and compelling vision of a world infected by violence.
A seemingly normal detention in a seemingly normal modern-day comprehensive school. A teacher valiantly battles on with biology revision. She believes only education will set her pupils free. For outside the classroom, the world is in the middle of a long and bloody war.
Despite her best efforts, the tide of conflict is soon lapping at the school gates and, one by one, pupils and teacher are pulled under as their hopes and dreams float away from them.
'Sam Holcroft is uncompromising in her ideas and ... Read more Vicky Featherstone, director of the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Cockroach
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848420328
SKU
V9781848420328
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Ref
99-50
About Sam Holcroft
Sam Holcroft is a playwright, winner of the Windham Campbell Prize for Literature. Her plays include: A Mirror (Almeida Theatre, London, 2023; West End, 2024); Rules for Living (National Theatre, London, 2015); The Wardrobe for National Theatre Connections; Edgar & Annabel, part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre; Dancing Bears, part of ... Read more
Reviews for Cockroach
'Hauntingly powerful... a playwright brave enough to do battle with the big ideas'
Guardian
Guardian