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Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays (Paperback)
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Stones in His Pockets & A Night in November: Two Plays (Paperback)
Series: NHB Modern Plays
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Two plays by award-winning playwright Marie Jones: the smash hit
Stones in His Pockets, which ran for four years in London's West
End; and an earlier monologue, A Night in November, exploring the
subjects of football and sectarianism, set during the 1994 World
Cup. Stones in His Pockets is a comedy with a poignant
undercurrent, about a small rural town in Ireland where a Hollywood
epic is being filmed. The story centres on Charlie Conlon and Jake
Quinn, who, like much of the town, are employed as extras for the
filming. After a tragic incident concerning a local teenager,
Charlie and Jake assume responsibility for giving an account of
events, taking on all the roles themselves. A two-hander that
delights in exploring the limits of comedy and theatricality, and
the collision of romanticised notions of 'Irishness' and the
harsher reality, Stones in His Pockets has delighted audiences
around the world. Marie Jones's play was first staged at the Lyric
Theatre in Belfast in June 1999 before opening at the Tricycle
Theatre, London, in August 1999. It transferred to the New
Ambassadors Theatre, London, in May 2000. Stones in His Pockets won
the 2001 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. A Night in November is
a one-man show following Kenneth McCallister, family man and
Ulsterman, on the fateful night in November in Belfast when the
Republic of Ireland qualifies against Northern Ireland for the
World Cup, and Kenneth finds himself watching the sectarian hatred
of the crowd rather than the football. A Night in November was
first performed at The West Belfast Festival, Whiterock, Belfast,
in August 1994, then toured extensively throughout Ireland, and was
also seen in New York. It was staged in London at the Tricycle
Theatre in March 1995.
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