Shelagh Stephenson

The Memory of Water/ Five Kinds of Silence

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This play opened at the Hampstead Theatre in the summer of 1996 and became an instant hit. Three sisters and their partners gather at the home of their recently dead mother and revisit the past in poignant and often hilarous way Also included is Five Kinds of Silence.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-413-71470-1
EAN: 9780413714701
Produktnummer: 20614843
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Seitenangabe: 144 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D1.0 cm 140 g
Gewicht: 140
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Shelagh Stephenson was born in Northumberland and read drama at Manchester University. Her first stage play, The Memory of Water, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1996 and subsequently transferred to the West End, where it won an Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 2000. Her second play, An Experiment With An Air Pump, opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. It was joint recipient of the Peggy Ramsay Award and later transferred to the Hampstead Theatre. Both plays subsequently ran at New York's Manhattan Theatre Club. Her third play, Ancient Lights, was produced at Hampstead Theatre in December 2000. She has written several radio plays, including the award-winning Five Kinds of Silence, which she adapted for the stage and which was presented at the Lyric, Hammersmith in 2000. Her screen adaptation of The Memory of Water was released in spring 2002 with the title Before You Go.