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the end of history... (NHB Modern Plays) Kindle Edition
Jack Thorne (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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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.
- Print length112 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherNick Hern Books
- Publication dateJune 27, 2016
- File size606 KB
Editorial Reviews
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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
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"No talent at all when it comes to cooking – as you will discover – but when it comes to pissing off my children – immense talent – Olympian talent."
(2019-03-08) --This text refers to the paperback edition.Product details
- ASIN : B07V39B9KN
- Publisher : Nick Hern Books (June 27, 2016)
- Publication date : June 27, 2016
- Language : English
- File size : 606 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 112 pages
- Lending : Not Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,129,244 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,616 in British & Irish Drama & Plays
- #7,206 in British & Irish Dramas & Plays
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About the author

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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