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Land of our Fathers

Chris Urch

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Description for Land of our Fathers Paperback. Series statement taken from publisher's website. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 199 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
"I can't believe we're arguing over a Blue Riband" "I can't believe we're stuck down a mine." "Yet here we are" 3rd May 1979, South Wales. Thatcher is counting her votes, Sid Vicious is spinning in his grave, and six Welsh miners are trapped down a coal mine. Within two weeks everything these men believe in and everything they know will have changed. A darkly comic drama looking at the dramatic two weeks in which a group of Welsh miners are trapped underground. Chris Urch's debut full-length play is packed full of blistering comedy and summons a generation ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2014

Series

Modern Plays

Condition

New

Number of Pages

128

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781474227582

SKU

V9781474227582

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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days

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99-1

About Chris Urch

Chris Urch trained as an actor at Drama Centre. In 2011 he was longlisted for the Bruntwood Prize. In February 2012 he was selected from over 800 submissions as one of the 503Five, an 18-month playwriting residency with Theatre503. Since then, he has graduated from the Royal Court’s Young Writers Programme. He has also participated in ... Read more

Reviews for Land of our Fathers

It's a promising debut from Chris Urch, rich in character and with plenty of black comedy . . .
Evening Standard
[A]n acute study of disgrace under pressure . . . undeniably powerful.
Guardian
. . . undeniably powerful.
Guardian
Chris Urch's impressive debut play . . . craftily constructed . . . Urch ... Read morecertainly knows how to use a cliffhanger, and the disintegrating relationships between the men, growing self-interest and looming mutiny are neatly drawn. . . . it's meaty stuff: sometimes gruelling, always watchable.
Guardian
There's a character everyone can relate to . . . there's a character everyone will recognise and fall in love with. . . . Chris Urch is one to watch! This is the debut play by Chris Urch, tipped by Howard Brenton as one to watch. "Chris is a brilliant talent. He could become the British Tennessee Williams. Hold on to your seats, audiences, this is the real thing!" . . . A survival play at its heart, Land of Our Fathers is packed full of blistering comedy and a generation of lost voices.
Whats On Stage
This is soul-searching, soul-scorching stuff. . . . ‘Land of Our Fathers’ is a blisteringly good debut; witty, smart, brilliantly textured and paced. The dialogue is packed with dirty humour (‘Think of all the potential fanny!’), but also punctuated with instinctive acts of kindness. . . . The actors shine – but they’d be fools not to, given this gift of a script.
Time Out London
[Urch] creates well-rounded and believable characters and he manages to sustain the play’s grip on us through solid and varied writing.
The Public Reviews
Banter in spite of desperation that’s what Chris Urch’s first full-length play, Land of Our Fathers, which has now transferred into Trafalgar Studios, does best. What’s more, the funny lines and quips usually dig at something quite profound. . . . Urch’s distinct voice . . . is able to create authentic characters and a remarkable historical and thematic scope within a limited setting.
Exeunt Magazine
Land of our Fathers may well move you to tears: but you're guaranteed to laugh. Chris Urch has penned a classic.
Entertainment Focus
With coal-dark humour, writer Chris Urch celebrates the dignity of labour and men at work . . . it's a notable debut . . .
Evening Standard
. . . Chris Urch's remarkably potent first full-length play.
Independent
The writer, Chris Urch, has a knack for an eccentric gag . . .
Spectator
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