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Beginning - (Modern Plays) by David Eldridge (Paperback)

Beginning - (Modern Plays) by  David Eldridge (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>You didn't fancy it then?</i><br/><i>Fancy what?</i><br/><i>Getting in the taxi.</i><br/><i>No.</i><br/><br/>Every story starts somewhere.<br/><br/>It's the early hours of the morning and Danny's the last straggler at Laura's party. The flat's in a mess. And so are they. One more drink?<br/><br/>David Eldridge (<i>Market Boy, The Knot of the Heart, In Basildon</i>) returns to the National Theatre with a sharp and astute two-hander that takes an intimate look at the first fragile moments of risking your heart and taking a chance. <br/><br/>This tender and funny play received its world premiere at the National's Dorfman Theatre in October 2017.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>David Eldridge "has a wise parent's gift as a playwright. He loves his characters even when he doesn't like them+?.<br/>Guardian<br><br>...Eldridge is timely and bang up to date...<br/>The Times<br><br>Eldridge has always been the most muscular of writers<br/>Lyn Gardner, The Guardian<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>David Eldridge</b>'s theatre credits include: <i>Market Boy </i>(Olivier Theatre, National Theatre); <i>Holy Warriors</i> (Shakespeare's Globe); <i>Miss Julie</i>, <i>The Lady from the Sea</i> (Royal Exchange, Manchester); <i>In Basildon</i>, <i>Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness</i>, <i>Under the Blue Sky</i> (Royal Court & West End); <i>Something, Someone, Somewhere</i> (Sixty-Six Books/Bush Theatre); <i>MAD, Serving it Up </i>(Bush); <i>The Knot of the Heart</i> (Almeida), <i>Festen</i> (Almeida, Lyric West End & Broadway); <i>The Stock Da'wa</i>, <i>Falling</i> (Hampstead); <i>A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky</i> (with Robert Holman & Simon Stephens, Lyric Hammersmith); <i>Babylone</i> (Belgrade Coventry); <i>John Gabriel Borkman, </i> <i>The Wild Duck, Summer Begins </i>(Donmar Warehouse); <i>A Week With Tony, Fighting for Breath </i>(Finborough); <i>Thanks Mum </i>(Red Room); <i>Dirty </i>(Theatre Royal Stratford East); <i>Cabbage for, Tea, Tea, Tea! </i>(Platform 4 Exeter).<br>Television credits include: <i>Killers, Our Hidden Lives, The Scandalous Lady W </i>(BBC).<br>Radio credits include: <i>Michael and Me: Stratford, Ilford, Romford and all Stations to Shenfield; Festen; The Picture Man; Like Minded People; The Secret Grief; John Gabriel Borkman; Jenny Lomas (BBC).</i><br><i>Under the Blue Sky</i> won the Time Out Live Award 2001 for Best New Play in the West End and <i>Festen</i> the 2005 Theatregoers Choice Award for Best New Play. <i>The Picture Man</i> won the Prix Europa Best European Radio Drama 2008. <i>Under the Blue Sky</i> won the 2009 Theatregoers Choice Award for Best New Play. <i>The Knot of the Heart</i> won the 2012 Off West End Theatre Award for Best New Play.<br>In 2007 the University of Exeter conferred on David an Honorary Doctorate of Letters recognising his achievement as a playwright. He is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London.

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