the end of history

Jack Thorne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2019
Nick Hern Books (Verlag)
978-1-84842-836-2 (ISBN)

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Sal and David would rather feed their kids with leftist ideals and welfarism than fancy cuisine. When you’ve named each of your offspring after your socialist heroes, you’ve given them a lot to live up to… A new play by Jack Thorne, the end of history has its world premiere at London's Royal Court theatre in 2019.

“No talent at all when it comes to cooking – as you will discover – but when it comes to pissing off my children – immense talent – Olympian talent.”

Newbury, 1997. Sal is attempting to cook dinner for the family. She and husband David have pulled off a coup and gathered their brood back home for the weekend. Eldest son Carl is bringing his new girlfriend to meet everyone for the first time; middle daughter Polly is back from Cambridge University for the occasion; and youngest Tom will hopefully make it out of detention in time for dinner.

Sal and David would rather feed their kids with leftist ideals and welfarism than fancy cuisine. When you’ve named each of your offspring after your socialist heroes, you’ve given them a lot to live up to…

Jack Thorne’s other collaborations with John Tiffany include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (for which he won both the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play) and Let the Right One In. His other plays include When You Cure Me, Junkyard, and adaptations of Büchner’s Woyzeck, and Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. He is a BAFTA-winning screenwriter for TV, whose shows include Kiri, National Treasure, The Last Panthers, Glue, The Fades and This is England ’86/’88/’90.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.01.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
ISBN-10	1-84842-836-7 / 1848428367
ISBN-13	978-1-84842-836-2 / 9781848428362
Zustand	Neuware