Landscape with Weapon - (Modern Plays) by Joe Penhall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"'Qualms?' Oh yeah, sure, I have 'qualms'. Everybody has qualms. But I'll overcome them."<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>"'Qualms?' Oh yeah, sure, I have 'qualms'. Everybody has qualms. But I'll overcome them.</i>"</p><br/><p>To his family's horror, Ned reveals he's the brains behind a new military technology so sophisticated, so extraordinary, it will revolutionise the nature of warfare. It's only when the Ministry of Defence demands intellectual ownership that Ned begins to question himself, resisting the might of the weapons industry with frightening consequences.</p><br/><p><i>Landscape with Weapon</i> is a wry account of private anguish, public responsibility and a problem with no solution. The play premiered at the National Theatre on 20 March 2007.</p><br/><p>Joe Penhall's previous work for the National Theatre, <i>Blue/Orange, </i>was the winner of the Olivier Awards Best Play (2001), the <i>Evening Standard</i> Award Best Play (2000), and the Critics Circle Award Best Play (2000).</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The<br>Financial Times as 'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut<br>at the Royal Court, Some Voices, won the John Whiting Award for best new play.<br>His National Theatre play <i>Blue/Orange </i>won an Olivier Award, an Evening<br>Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and<br>produced the BAFTA winning BBC serial Moses<br>Jones and his feature film of Some Voices starred Daniel Craig and<br>premiered in competition at the Cannes Film festival . This was followed<br>by <i>Enduring Love</i>, also starring Daniel Craig, based on Ian McEwan's<br>novel; and his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel, <i>The Road</i>, starring<br>Charlize Theron and Viggo Mortensen, which premiered in competition at the<br>Venice Film Festival in 2009.</p>
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