In a place where everyone knows your name you can't forget who you
are. Life, love and loss in a picture postcard town is laid bare in
this heart-breaking but darkly comic new play. Through a series of
interweaving accounts For Once cuts to the heart of a family, and a
community, turned upside down by unimaginable tragedy. For Once
examines the fallout after a car crash on a country lane takes the
life of two local teenagers, through three interlaced monologues by
their surviving friend Sid and his parents, April and Gordon,
exposing the pre-existing faultlines in the family. Sid has been
left partially sighted by the crash, and his account of his life
before and since the accident gives an insight into why young
people living in what seems like 'ideal' communities are driven to
seek thrills elsewhere, sometimes with horrifying consequences.
However, far from being depressing, Tim Price's skill at capturing
the revealing inarticulacy of the teenager, as well as his troubled
parents, makes for unexpected humour. For Once is a powerful and
incisive look at life and death in a small market town and
premiered on 8 July 2011 at the Hampstead Theatre in a production
by Pentabus Theatre.
General
Imprint: |
Methuen Drama
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Modern Plays |
Release date: |
July 2011 |
First published: |
May 2013 |
Authors: |
Tim Price
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
64 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4081-5872-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: texts >
Drama texts, plays >
General
|
LSN: |
1-4081-5872-8 |
Barcode: |
9781408158722 |
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