{"product_id":"stephens-plays-simon-stephens-9781408113912","title":"Stephens Plays: 2: One Minute; Country Music; Motortown; Pornography; Sea Wall","description":"This second collection of plays by Simon Stephens, winner of the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play for \u003ci\u003eOn the Shore of the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e, perfectly showcases the development of one of the most exciting and impressive theatre talents of recent years. The range of plays in this volume displays a tough sensibility and a courage to confront the more unsettling challenges of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Minute\u003c\/i\u003e, first produced in 2003 and revived in London in 2008, has an uncomfortable resonance as it follows five characters variously affected by the disappearance of Daisy, an 11-year-old girl, from Seven Dials, Covent Garden. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountry Music\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights four fateful moments in the life of Jamie Carris during and after the prison sentences he has served for glassing one man and for killing another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMotortown\u003c\/i\u003e, written in response to the War on Terror, is a blistering account of a young soldier's return home from Basra to an England he no longer recognises or connects with. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePornography\u003c\/i\u003e captures Britain as it crashes from the euphoria and promise of the 2012 Olympics announcement into the devastation of the London bombings of 7\/7.\u003cbr\u003eThe final play, \u003ci\u003eSea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, is a one-act monologue about grief, following the drowning of a young child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1408113910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781408113912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Simon Stephens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175389606143,"sku":"9781408113912","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1372f6a9-1baf-4247-8b5a-6b7998219ca5.jpg?v=1771333489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stephens-plays-simon-stephens-9781408113912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}