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| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848424692 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848424698 |
| Book Description | Everyone creates their own coping strategies or rules for living. But what happens when an extended family gathers in the kitchen for a traditional Christmas and they each follow those rules, rigidly?As long-held mechanisms for survival are laid bare, even Mum, who's been preparing this lunch since last January, becomes embroiled. Time-honoured rivalries and resentments will out. Accusations fly, relationships deconstruct, the rules take over.In Sam Holcroft's theatrically playful, dark comedy the instructions are there for all to see, audience included - so there's really no place to hide.Rules for Living premiered at the National Theatre, London, in March 2015. |
| About the Author | Sam Holcroft is a playwright, winner of the Windham Campbell Prize for Literature.Her plays include: A Mirror (Almeida Theatre, London, 2023); Rules for Living (National Theatre, London, 2015); The Wardrobe for National Theatre Connections; Edgar & Annabel, part of the Double Feature season in the Paintframe at the National Theatre; Dancing Bears, part of the Charged season for Clean Break at Soho Theatre and Latitude Festival; While You Lie at the Traverse, Edinburgh; Pink, part of the Women, Power and Politics season at the Tricycle; Vanya, adapted from Chekhov, at The Gate; and Cockroach, co-produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Traverse (nominated for Best New Play 2008, by the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland and shortlisted for the John Whiting Award, 2009).In 2013, she wrote The House Taken Over, a libretto for opera, adapted from Cortzar, for the Festival dAix-en-Provence and Acadmie Europenne de Musique. She received the Tom Erhardt Award in 2009, was the Pearson Writer-in-Residence at the Traverse Theatre, 200910, and the Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre Studio from 201314. In 2014, she received a Windham Campbell Prize for Literature in the drama category. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Sam Holcroft |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 42255 |
| Number of Pages | 128 |
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