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Butler Leo - Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird - Paperback
Butler Leo - Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird - Paperback
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Description: Butler Plays: 1 brings together into one volume four of themajor plays by this award - winning author. Praised for the gritty detailand realism of his work Leo Butler has quietly established areputation in recent years as a potent and skilfull documenter ofcontemporary social and moral issues. Made of Stone produced in the Royal Court Young Writers Festival 2000, was praised for its 'rock - hard characterisation with buzzing dialogue (Evening Standard). In Redundant Butler boldly creates a psychologicallycomplex female lead surrounding her with unjudged dead - beats eachdistinctively vocalising caustic Sheffield Vernacular. (Evening Standard) Lucky Dog is a startlingly sensitive depiction of one couple's relationship. Michael Billington commented Iam still astonished by Butler's profound understanding of maritalsolitude. Nothing much happens on the surface yet underneath a lotgoes on as Sue and Eddie a Sheffield couple in their late fifties share a solitary Christmas. (Guardian) The Early Bird taps into the darkest fears of any parent - the disappearance of their child - to brilliantly capture the nightmareof recrimination and loss. It premiered at the Belfast Theatre Festivalin October 2006.
Title: Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird
Author(s): Butler Leo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781408101476
Pages: 336 Pages, N/A
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/31/2008
Series: Contemporary Dramatists
Category: Plays, Playscripts
Description: Butler Plays: 1 brings together into one volume four of themajor plays by this award - winning author. Praised for the gritty detailand realism of his work Leo Butler has quietly established areputation in recent years as a potent and skilfull documenter ofcontemporary social and moral issues. Made of Stone produced in the Royal Court Young Writers Festival 2000, was praised for its 'rock - hard characterisation with buzzing dialogue (Evening Standard). In Redundant Butler boldly creates a psychologicallycomplex female lead surrounding her with unjudged dead - beats eachdistinctively vocalising caustic Sheffield Vernacular. (Evening Standard) Lucky Dog is a startlingly sensitive depiction of one couple's relationship. Michael Billington commented Iam still astonished by Butler's profound understanding of maritalsolitude. Nothing much happens on the surface yet underneath a lotgoes on as Sue and Eddie a Sheffield couple in their late fifties share a solitary Christmas. (Guardian) The Early Bird taps into the darkest fears of any parent - the disappearance of their child - to brilliantly capture the nightmareof recrimination and loss. It premiered at the Belfast Theatre Festivalin October 2006.
Title: Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird
Author(s): Butler Leo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781408101476
Pages: 336 Pages, N/A
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/31/2008
Series: Contemporary Dramatists
Category: Plays, Playscripts
