Synopsis
Jack Thorne Plays One
$24.99 Published by Nick Hern Books
Acclaimed for his screenplays for TV dramas including Skins, Shameless, The Fades, This is England '86/'88/'90 and Glue, Jack Thorne first emerged as a writer of unflinching, compassionate and often challenging plays for the stage
He is now one of the most distinctive talents working in theatre today
This collection begins with When You Cure Me a painful and painfully funny play about being very young and in love and coping with serious illness all at the same time
"One of the year's finest pieces of new writing" ~ Evening Standard
In the monologue play Stacy, twenty-something Rob tells the story of a confusing couple of days in which everything in his life seems to have gone wrong
"A pin-sharp, brilliant piece of work" ~ Time Out
2nd May 1997 distills all the euphoria and despair of New Labour's landslide electoral victory into three stories told with "... quiet profundity and verve" ~ Telegraph
Bunny is a white-knuckle ride through the streets of contemporary Britain, written for a solo female performer
"Terrific" ~ Scotsman
Red Car, Blue Car is a heartbreaking short play about guilt, grief and responsibility
And finally Mydidae, a two-hander set entirely in a bathroom presenting an intimate account of the darker side of love which hits audiences " ... like a punch in the gut" ~ Whatsonstage.com
The collection also includes a revealing introduction by the author describing a period of intense creativity