Acclaimed for his screenplays for TV dramas including Skins,
Shameless, The Fades, This is England '86/'88/'90 and Glue, Jack
Thorne first emerged as a writer of unflinching, compassionate and
often challenging plays for the stage. Described as a 'powerful
voice for Britain's youth' (Independent), he remains one of the
most distinctive talents working in theatre today and was chosen by
JK Rowling to write the script for Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child. This collection, with a revealing introduction by the
author, covers a period of intense creativity - beginning with When
You Cure Me (Bush Theatre, 2005), a painful - and painfully funny -
play about being very young and in love, and coping with serious
illness at the same time. 'One of the year's finest pieces of new
writing' Evening Standard In the monologue play Stacy (Arcola
Theatre, 2007), twenty-something Rob tells the story of a confusing
couple of days in which everything in his life seems to have gone
wrong. 'A pin-sharp, brilliant piece of work' Time Out 2nd May 1997
(Bush Theatre, 2009) distils all the euphoria and despair of New
Labour's landslide electoral victory into three stories told with
'quiet profundity and verve' (Telegraph), while Bunny (Edinburgh
Fringe, 2010) is a white-knuckle ride through the streets of
contemporary Britain, written for a solo female performer.
'Terrific' Scotsman Red Car, Blue Car is a heartbreaking short play
about guilt, grief and responsibility, written for and performed at
the Bush in 2011. Finally, Mydidae (Soho Theatre, 2012), a
two-hander set entirely in a bathroom, is an electrifyingly
intimate account of the darker side of love which hits audiences
'like a punch in the gut' (Whatsonstage.com) 'An absolutely
top-class playwright' JK Rowling
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