‘Beautifully observed… Wade’s gifts as a satirist are beyond doubt.’

Evening Standard

<p>‘This is an extraordinary feat – a vicious satire with a heart of gold – wrought<br />with peculiar subtlety and intelligence.’</p>

The Spectator

‘The tension, the emotions and the sense of absurdity and fear are brilliantly handled… A terrifying tour de force.’

Sunday Times

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Other Hands: 'An extraordinary feat - a vicious satire with a heart of gold.

The Spectator

Colder Than Here: 'A masterpiece, a jewel, dark but translucent.'

Sunday Times

How happily married are the happily married?Home, I’m Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.Judy has Johnny's slippers waiting for him when he arrives home from work, the kitchen's clean, the rooms are aired...yet this is not the 1950s, but a 21st-century 'arrangement' agreed between the two of them. With clothes, furniture and a (faulty) fridge from the 1950s, Judy and Johnny try to 'live the dream', with specific roles and a perfectly ordered life.
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How happily married are the happily married?Home, I’m Darling is a dark comedy about sex, cake and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350275492
Publisert
2021-10-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Methuen Drama
Vekt
122 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
120

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Om bidragsyterne

Laura Wade is a Olivier award winning playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include Home, I'm Darling (National Theatre), Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith), Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wade’s plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.