NICHOLS PLAYS: 1 by Peter Nichols ( 9781408177976 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

NICHOLS PLAYS: 1
DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG;THE NATIONAL HEALTH; HEARTS AND FLOWERS; THE FREEWAY; FORGET-ME-NOT LANE

By:

Peter Nichols

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1408177978

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9781408177976

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

8 May, 2014

Series:

Contemporary Dramatists

Description:

Includes the early plays, "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg", "The National Health" and "Forget-Me-Not Lane". Each play is introduced by the author with extracts from his diary. This edition is being published alongside "Nichols Plays: Two".

Synopsis:

A rich selection from the best of Nichols' work up to and including his award-winning Privates on ParadeA Day in the Death of Joe Egg is based on the author's experience of having a mentally handicapped child and won the John Whiting Award; The National Health was commissioned by Kenneth Tynan for the National theatre and follows the story of a Labour MP who goes into a state hospital suffering from a nervous collapse. It won the Evening Standard Best Play Award; Forget-me-not Lane is a trip down memory lane from the author's own childhood growing up in the West Country; Hearts and Flowers is a TV play about the rivalry between two brothers, one a school teacher living in Bristol the other a successful news journalist and their shared interest in a woman; Freeway is set in a traffic jam and attempts to answer the question of why the automobile has come to be seen to represent liberty incarnate in the modern era.

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Imprint:

Methuen Drama

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Non-returnable

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A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG (PB)

A MORPHO-SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ASPECTUALITY IN SISWATI

A PIECE OF MY MIND (PB)

A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN

A VOYAGE FOR MADMEN (PB)