Description
One bathroom. Two people. One day. A relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail.
A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and disturbing moments a couple share, and explores what becomes of a relationship when it is held together not only by love, but by fear, guilt and despair.
A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and disturbing moments a couple share, and explores what becomes of a relationship when it is held together not only by love, but by fear, guilt and despair.
Details
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 80
- Carton Quantity: 60
- Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
- Imprint: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 27th August 2013
- Trim Size: 5 x 7.75 in
- ISBN: 9781848423152
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Reviews
"Like a punch in the gut... what makes all of this not only bearable but completely transfixing is the unmistakeable honesty of the writing." - Whatsonstage.com
"A two-hander full of unexpected menace that probes and chips at its characters, peeling back layers of skin... a potent piece of writing." - Exeunt Magazine
"Thorne has an uncanny ear for naturalistic dialogue... cannily ratchets up the tension." - Time Out (London)
"Moves with a disarming stealth to a show-down that forces [the characters] to strip one another naked emotionally to the point of flaying." - Independent
"A particularly deep and thought-provoking look at contemporary lives." - British Theatre Guide
"Like a punch in the gut... what makes all of this not only bearable but completely transfixing is the unmistakeable honesty of the writing." - Whatsonstage.com
"A two-hander full of unexpected menace that probes and chips at its characters, peeling back layers of skin... a potent piece of writing." - Exeunt Magazine
"Thorne has an uncanny ear for naturalistic dialogue... cannily ratchets up the tension." - Time Out (London)
"Moves with a disarming stealth to a show-down that forces [the characters] to strip one another naked emotionally to the point of flaying." - Independent
"A particularly deep and thought-provoking look at contemporary lives." - British Theatre Guide
Author Bio
One bathroom. Two people. One day. A relationship witnessed in minute, devastating detail.
A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and disturbing moments a couple share, and explores what becomes of a relationship when it is held together not only by love, but by fear, guilt and despair.
A story of intimacy, fragility and the darker side of love, Jack Thorne's Mydidae exposes the private and disturbing moments a couple share, and explores what becomes of a relationship when it is held together not only by love, but by fear, guilt and despair.
- Price: $24.95
- Pages: 80
- Carton Quantity: 60
- Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
- Imprint: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 27th August 2013
- Trim Size: 5 x 7.75 in
- ISBN: 9781848423152
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
"Like a punch in the gut... what makes all of this not only bearable but completely transfixing is the unmistakeable honesty of the writing." - Whatsonstage.com
"A two-hander full of unexpected menace that probes and chips at its characters, peeling back layers of skin... a potent piece of writing." - Exeunt Magazine
"Thorne has an uncanny ear for naturalistic dialogue... cannily ratchets up the tension." - Time Out (London)
"Moves with a disarming stealth to a show-down that forces [the characters] to strip one another naked emotionally to the point of flaying." - Independent
"A particularly deep and thought-provoking look at contemporary lives." - British Theatre Guide
"Like a punch in the gut... what makes all of this not only bearable but completely transfixing is the unmistakeable honesty of the writing." - Whatsonstage.com
"A two-hander full of unexpected menace that probes and chips at its characters, peeling back layers of skin... a potent piece of writing." - Exeunt Magazine
"Thorne has an uncanny ear for naturalistic dialogue... cannily ratchets up the tension." - Time Out (London)
"Moves with a disarming stealth to a show-down that forces [the characters] to strip one another naked emotionally to the point of flaying." - Independent
"A particularly deep and thought-provoking look at contemporary lives." - British Theatre Guide