{"product_id":"9781350547407-alistair-mcdowall-plays-2-x-the-glow-all-of-it-northleigh-1940-zero-for-the-young-dudes","title":"Alistair McDowall Plays 2","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eX; The Glow; All of It; Northleigh 1940; Zero For the Young Dudes\u003cbr\u003eThe second collection of plays from one of Britain's most important playwrights, featuring plays on the theme of violence, purpose, perception, and reality.\u003cbr\u003e\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55332127703414,"sku":"9781350547407","price":20.81,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13498273_31371_20250507071511.jpg?v=1758256410","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350547407-alistair-mcdowall-plays-2-x-the-glow-all-of-it-northleigh-1940-zero-for-the-young-dudes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}