{"product_id":"alistair-mcdowall-plays-2","title":"Alistair McDowall Plays 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALISTAIR MCDOWALL\u003c\/b\u003e ‘uses language with virtuosity. He folds it, unfolds it, dirties it, mishandles it, and in doing so, he celebrates it...It is as a poet that he uses writing to honour its promises: to excite the imagination, to stimulate play, to provoke staging and to elevate the theatre.’ \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘McDowall’s plays are portals to the extraordinary.’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eX:\u003c\/b\u003e ‘McDowall masterfully plants ideas that grow until they explode into extraordinary shapes. Filthy humour breaks down into a cracked algorithm of letters and loss … a play that will gnaw away at you.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Glow:\u003c\/b\u003e ‘A mind-bending, ambitious play, which attempts impossible things, demonstrating the power of theatre to bridge the gap between imagination and reality.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExeunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eall of it:\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Genius...an epic of inner life...McDowall brilliantly captures how febrile consciousness scribbles around our spoken half-truths.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthleigh, 1940:\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Quietly devastating...[McDowall] is extraordinary at channelling his disturbing, poetic vision of the characters’ hidden worlds.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZero for the Young Dudes!\u003c\/b\u003e A play for youth groups commissioned by the National Theatre and performed around the country in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55634654200152,"sku":"9781350547407","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350547407_4dce5e3a-4733-4501-ae42-6f5239483018.jpg?v=1765786542","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/alistair-mcdowall-plays-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}