{"product_id":"9781408113912","title":"Stephens Plays: 2 : One Minute; Country Music; Motortown; Pornography; Sea Wall","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eStephens Plays: 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Simon Stephens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second collection of plays by Simon Stephens, winner of the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play for \u003ci\u003eOn the Shore of the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e, perfectly showcases the development of one of the most exciting and impressive theatre talents of recent years. The range of plays in this volume displays a tough sensibility and a courage to confront the more unsettling challenges of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Minute\u003c\/i\u003e, first produced in 2003 and revived in London in 2008, has an uncomfortable resonance as it follows five characters variously affected by the disappearance of Daisy, an 11-year-old girl, from Seven Dials, Covent Garden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Music\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights four fateful moments in the life of Jamie Carris during and after the prison sentences he has served for glassing one man and for killing another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotortown\u003c\/i\u003e, written in response to the War on Terror, is a blistering account of a young soldier's return home from Basra to an England he no longer recognises or connects with. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePornography\u003c\/i\u003e captures Britain as it crashes from the euphoria and promise of the 2012 Olympics announcement into the devastation of the London bombings of 7\/7. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final play, \u003ci\u003eSea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, is a one-act monologue about grief, following the drowning of a young child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781408113912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594348933326,"sku":"9781408113912","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_be6f77c3-caf9-4951-a190-745262ae747b.jpg?v=1637806282","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781408113912","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}