"Since I was knee-high I have been blamed for everything; broken ornaments, the price of biscuits, my own personality. It has become my father's habit to blame me for existing, like throwing a blanket over a sparrow. And now I'm being blamed for the nervous breakdown of an anorexic nymphomaniac whom he married because she came thirty fourth in The Daily Mail hundred sexiest women of 1988." Piano/Forte is a bold new comedy from one of the stage's favourite writers. On the eve of his wedding to the glamorous Dawn, Clifford's plans for a joyous celebration are thrown into turmoil by the return home of his estranged daughter Louise. Her plans to exact revenge prove to have explosive consequences.
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Piano/Forte is a bold new comedy staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2006. On the eve of his wedding to the glamorous Dawn, Clifford's plans for a joyous celebration are thrown into turmoil by the return home of his estranged daughter Louise. Her plans to exact revenge prove to have explosive consequences.
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Publication timed to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in September 2006 Produced at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs as part of the Court's 50th anniversary Written and directed by Terry Johnson winner of numerous awards, including Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1998 (for Dead Funny)
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Publication timed to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in September 2006
The Modern Plays series is world famous for containing the work of many of the finest contemporary playwrights. Established in 1959 with the publication of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey, it remains a series synonymous with the very best in new writing for the stage. Today it features over 1000 plays and continues to grow alongside the staging of new work.
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Product details

ISBN
9780713682830
Published
2006-09-14
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight
100 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
7 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
112

Biographical note

Terry Johnson's previous plays for the Royal Court are Hitchcock Blonde, Hysteria and Insignificance. Other work includes an adaptation of The Graduate, Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick (National Theatre/winner Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1998), an adaptation of The London Cuckolds, Dead Funny (Winner Critic Circle Award for Best Play, Time Out Drama Award 1994), Imagine Drowning, Cries From The Mammal House, Unsuitable For Adults (Bush).