Description
| Product ID: | 9781350183896 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Modern Plays |
| Title: | Jack Absolute Flies Again |
| Authors: | Author: Oliver Chris, Richard Bean |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | Plays, playscripts, Plays, playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ireland, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating What will happen in England after we have won this war?Bunting! Bunting everywhere!After the bunting has been taken down. They will never take down our bunting!July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms. Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris. In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022. What will happen in England after we have won this war?Bunting! Bunting everywhere!After the bunting has been taken down.They will never take down our bunting!July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish.Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris.In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022. |
| Imprint Name: | Methuen Drama |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-02 |
