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Newbury, 1997. Sal is attempting to cook dinner for the family. She and husband David have pulled off a coup and gathered their brood back home for the weekend. Eldest son Carl is bringing his new girlfriend to meet everyone for the first time; middle daughter Polly is back from Cambridge University for the occasion; and youngest Tom will hopefully make it out of detention in time for dinner.

Sal and David would rather feed their kids with leftist ideals and welfarism than fancy cuisine. When you've named each of your offspring after your socialist heroes, you've given them a lot to live up to…

Jack Thorne's play the end of history… premiered in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2019, in a production directed by John Tiffany.

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112 pages
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Nick Hern Books
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June 27, 2016
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"Thorne has a gift for dialogue... a sophisticated unhappy families sitcom."

(The Times 2019-08-29)

"Clever and highly intriguing... has a clever, accelerated Posy Simmonds-meets-Ionesco air, and throughout is a devastating verbal spree... a piercing look at the liabilities (and benefits) of being the offspring of political idealists... both satire and celebration."

(Independent 2019-08-29)

"A tender, bracing and beautiful portrait of family life... Thorne's compassionate, deeply textured study of this family has a lovely inner life that pulses with themes of curdling parental embarrassment, mental crisis, love, loss and legacy... a seriously good, warm-hearted play."

(London Theatre 2019-08-29)

"Absorbing... Thorne is a writer of immense emotional intelligence and his dialogue regularly devastates.

(The Stage 2019-08-29) --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Jack Thorne is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays for the stage include an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (Old Vic, London, 2017); an adaptation of Büchner's Woyzeck (Old Vic, London, 2017); Junkyard (Headlong, Bristol Old Vic, Rose Theatre Kingston & Theatr Clwyd, 2017); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre, London, 2016); The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth, 2015); Hope (Royal Court, London, 2015); adaptations of Let the Right One In (National Theatre of Scotland at Dundee Rep, the Royal Court and the Apollo Theatre, London, 2013/14) and Stuart: A Life Backwards (Underbelly, Edinburgh and tour, 2013); Mydidae (Soho, 2012; Trafalgar Studios, 2013); an adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Physicists (Donmar Warehouse, 2012); Bunny (Underbelly, Edinburgh, 2010; Soho, 2011); 2nd May 1997 (Bush, 2009); When You Cure Me (Bush, 2005; Radio 3’s Drama on Three, 2006); Fanny and Faggot (Pleasance, Edinburgh, 2004 and 2007; Finborough, 2007; English Theatre of Bruges, 2007; Trafalgar Studios, 2007); and Stacy (Tron, 2006; Arcola, 2007; Trafalgar Studios, 2007). --This text refers to the paperback edition.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07V39B9KN
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nick Hern Books (June 27, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 27, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 606 KB
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

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Jack Thorne writes for theatre, film, television and radio. His theatre credits include "Hope" and "Let The Right One In," both directed by John Tiffany, "The Solid Life of Sugarwater" for the Graeae Theatre Company, "Bunny" for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, "Stacy" for the Trafalgar Studios, " 2nd May 1997" and "When You Cure Me" for the Bush. His adaptations include "The Physicists" for the Donmar Warehouse and "Stuart: A Life Backwards" for Hightide. On film his credits include "War Book," "A Long Way Down" and "The Scouting Book for Boys." For television his credits include "The Last Panthers," "Don t Take My Baby," " This Is England," "The Fades," "Glue" and "Cast-Offs" and the upcoming "National Treasure." In 2012 he won BAFTAs for best series ("The Fades") and best serial ("This Is England 88").
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C. O'Shaughnessy

Thematic working out of plot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 19, 2019

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I liked the fluid dialogue and intriguing premise that offspring are likely to grow away from parental influences, with devastating repercussions when it comes to rejecting their parents' deeply-held political views. Told over three decades, the narrative has said all it meant to say in the first section and what follows is all too predictable. Moments of wit, humour and, in the last section, an affecting monologue of grief, alleviate a relentlessly thematic unfolding of what drama there is.

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