Overview
The second collection of work by Olivier award-winning British playwright Laura Wade, bursting with her trademark satirical humour and her sharp, witty insight into gender and privilege. Posh (2010): the cult sensation which propelled Laura Wade onto the national stage and inspired the film The Riot Club (2014). Based on Oxford's real-life Bullingdon Club, the play unfolds during an evening of debauchery in an all-male elite student dining society. Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (2010): a ""play for voices"" to be performed with an orchestra, re-imagining Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata as an intimate two-hander. Home, I'm Darling (2018): a dark comedy about marriage and relationships, following one woman in the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife. Winner of the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The Watsons (2018): a sparkingly funny new take on the unfinished Jane Austen novel, catapulting the characters into a contemporary context whilst dealing with questions of authorship and writer's block.
Full Product Details
Author: Laura Wade (Author)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Methuen Drama
ISBN: 9781350189096
ISBN 10: 135018909
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 October 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A stunning play * The Guardian (on The Watsons) * Jane Austen’s unfinished novel bursts onto the stage in Wade’s brilliantly funny take * Metro (on The Watsons) * An amusing, affecting, inspiring evening of soft gingham and hard truths * The Times (on Home, I'm Darling) * Superb * The Stage (on Home, I'm Darling) * Excellent. Jane Austen has never been quite as much fun * The Times (on The Watsons) * Laura Wade’s depiction of wealth and privilege is savagely funny * Time Out (on Posh) * Beautifully observed, very funny * Evening Standard (on Posh) *
A stunning play * The Guardian (on The Watsons) * Jane Austen's unfinished novel bursts onto the stage in Wade's brilliantly funny take * Metro (on The Watsons) * An amusing, affecting, inspiring evening of soft gingham and hard truths * The Times (on Home, I'm Darling) * Superb * The Stage (on Home, I'm Darling) * Excellent. Jane Austen has never been quite as much fun * The Times (on The Watsons) * Laura Wade's depiction of wealth and privilege is savagely funny * Time Out (on Posh) * Beautifully observed, very funny * Evening Standard (on Posh) *
Author Information
Laura Wade’s plays include The Watsons (Chichester Festival Theatre and Menier Chocolate Factory), Home, I'm Darling (Theatr Clwyd, National Theatre and West End), Posh (Royal Court Theatre and West End), Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith), Alice (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield), Kreutzer vs. Kreutzer (Globe Theatre, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), Other Hands (Soho Theatre), Colder Than Here (Soho Theatre and MCC Theatre New York), Breathing Corpses (Royal Court Theatre), Catch (Royal Court Theatre, written with four other playwrights), Young Emma (Finborough Theatre), 16 Winters (Bristol Old Vic Basement) and Limbo (Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield). Films include The Riot Club. Awards include the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Pearson Best Play Award and the George Devine Award. Laura Wade’s plays have been performed in the UK, USA, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and Mexico.
