Modern Classics: People, Places and Things

Modern Classics: People, Places and Things
Duncan Macmillan
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23 Sep 2021 UK
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9781350200593
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"Macmillan doesn' t shy away from difficult questions about addiction and recovery and, rightly, doesn' t answer them . . . this is a bold, timely and searching play" - Financial TimesEmma was having the time of her life. Now she' s in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn' t with Emma, it' s with everything else. She needs to tell the truth. But she' s smart enough to know that there' s no such thing. When intoxication feels like the only way to survive the modern world, how can she ever sober up? People, Places & Things premiered at the National Theatre in 2015 before transferring to London' s West End and St. Ann' s Warehouse in New York. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama' s Modern Classics series, this edition features a brand new introduction by Naomi Obeng.

Modern Classics #01
Modern Classics #02
A Raisin in the Sun
Modern Classics: Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Play)
Modern Classics: Accrington Pals, The
Anatomy of a Suicide
Beauty Queen of Leenane, The
Modern Classics: Blood Brothers (Play)
Chocky
Cyprus Avenue
Dance Nation
Flappers and Philosophers: The Collected Short Stories of F Scott Fitzgerald
Girls and Boys
Modern Classics: Hundred and One Dalmatians, The / Starlight Barking, The
Modern Classics: If I Die Before I Wake
Modern Classics: In a Lonely Place
Lions and Tigers
Master Class
Mr Burns
One Night in Miami...
People, Places and Things
Photograph 51
Play Mas
Red
Modern Classics: Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, The
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
Modern Classics: Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The
Modern Classics: Stags and Hens (Play)
Modern Classics: Top Girls (Play)

Duncan Macmillan is not the first dramatist to tackle addiction. What gives his new play exceptional vibrancy, though, is its decision to draw parallels between rehab and theatrical process, and to present the action from the addict' s point of view. . . a vivid tale * Guardian * Generous-spirited, with a strong streak of irreverent, darkly humane humour, the play. . . has a thoughtful, shifting ambivalence that suits a problem where the solutions can only ever be provisional and the amends inadequate * Independent * Macmillan doesn' t shy away from difficult questions about addiction and recovery and, rightly, doesn' t answer them. Is Emma messed up because of her past, the state of the world or the purposelessness of life? Or is she self-absorbed, self-pitying and deceitful? Is the spiritual aspect to Alcoholics Anonymous problematic? And, if it works, does that matter? He is plain about the hard grind of recovery, for everyone involved. And he touches on broader questions about the pros and cons of role-play - in theatre, in therapy and in life. . . this is a bold, timely and searching play * Financial Times *
Duncan Macmillan' s work has been performed throughout the world, including at the National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Barbican, St Ann' s Warehouse, Melbourne Theatre Company, Berliner Ensemble, Hamburg Schauspielhaus, Schauspielhaus Koln, Burgtheater Vienna, Vesturport, Kansallisteatteri, Nationaltheatret Oslo and in the repertory of the Schaubuhne Berlin, as well as the Edinburgh Festival, the Manchester International Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival d' Avignon and Theatertreffen, in the West End and on Broadway. His plays include Lungs; People, Places and Things; Every Brilliant Thing; Rosmersholm (adapt. Henrik Ibsen); 1984 (adapt. George Orwell, co-written and co-directed with Robert Icke); City Of Glass (adapt. Paul Auster) and 2071 (co-written with Chris Rapley). Other plays include The Forbidden Zone; Wunschloses Ungluck (adapt. Peter Handke); Reise Durch die Nacht (adapt. Friederike Mayrocker). Both 1984 and People, Places and Things were nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781350200593
Published: 23 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 152

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