{"product_id":"9781408101476-butler-plays-1-made-of-stone-redundant-lucky-dog-the-early-bird","title":"Butler Leo - Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Butler Plays: 1 Made Of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Butler Leo\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781408101476\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 336 Pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 1\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Contemporary Dramatists\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Plays, Playscripts","brand":"Butler Leo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49616122937649,"sku":"IN-G-9781408101476","price":28.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781408101476.jpg?v=1724479018","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781408101476-butler-plays-1-made-of-stone-redundant-lucky-dog-the-early-bird","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}