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Mood Music - (Modern Plays) by Joe Penhall (Paperback)

Mood Music - (Modern Plays) by  Joe Penhall (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>'Music is medication. The elixir of life. It's for injecting into the blood stream to take away the pain...to promote euphoria...to adrenalise us and give us courage and fortitude'</i><br/><i><br/></i>In a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit song. Amidst a gathering storm of bitter complaints and brutal recriminations Cat and Bernard inflict a devastating toll on each other in a war that only one of them can win.<br/><br/><i>'The music industry isn't about healing heartbreak and vulnerability. It's about selling it'</i><br/><i><br/></i>A sly, wry exploration of the dark side of the music industry by the multi-Olivier Award-winning writer of <i>Sunny Afternoon</i> and <i>Blue/Orange</i>, Joe Penhall.<br/><br/>This edition was published alongside the world premiere at The Old Vic, London in April 2018, directed by Roger Michell.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Funny and irreverent . . . Penhall's writing is vibrant throughout<br/>Independent on Sunday (on Blue/Orange)<br><br>More than any of his peers Penhall has shown a rare aptitude for confronting headline issues of the day, using his gift of the gab as a dramatist to interrogate their underlying complexities and contradictions.<br/>Daily Telegraph<br><br>Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching<br/>Guardian (on Blue/Orange)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Joe Penhall</b>'s plays include <i>Some Voices</i> (1994)<i>; Pale Horse</i> (1995)<i>; In Love and</i> <i>Understanding </i>(1997)<i>; The Bullet</i> (1998), <i>Blue/Orange</i> (2000 - Evening Standard Best Play Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play and the 2001 Olivier Award for Best New Play), <i>Haunted Child</i> (2011), <i>Birthday </i>(2012) and <i>Sunny Afternoon </i>(2014).

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