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I, Daniel Blake

Dave Johns
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community
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drama
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781839042492
  • Weight: 105g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Jun 2023
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

'I, Daniel Blake, am a citizen, nothing more, nothing less.'

Dan is a carpenter. A Geordie through and through. He had a heart attack recently, but he's on the mend now.

Katie has just arrived from London. She's finally got a council flat, somewhere for her and her daughter, Daisy. A fresh start.

In adversity, people come together. But when the system is stacked against you, how does anyone get by? With 14.5 million people (Joseph Rowntree Foundation 2022 Poverty Report) living in poverty in the UK, this is not fiction. It is reality.

I, Daniel Blake was originally a film – directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Laverty and produced by Rebecca O'Brien for Sixteen Films – which won the 2016 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This touching and vital stage adaptation by Dave Johns, who played Dan in the film, toured the UK in 2023, co-produced by tiny dragon Productions, Northern Stage, Birmingham Rep and ETT, in association with Cardboard Citizens.

'A gut-wrenching tragicomic drama… Paul Laverty's brilliantly insightful script finds much that is moving (and often surprisingly funny) in the unbreakable social bonds of so-called "broken Britain".' Guardian on Ken Loach's film
About Dave Johns
Dave Johns is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He played the title role in Ken Loach's 2016 film I, Daniel Blake, later adapting Paul Laverty's screenplay for the stage. Paul Laverty is a screenwriter who has collaborated with the filmmaker Ken Loach on films including Carla's Song, My Name Is Joe, Bread and Roses, Sweet Sixteen, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and I, Daniel Blake.

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