{"product_id":"9781848423015-halcyon-days","title":"Halcyon Days","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn uplifting, bittersweet drama set in a nursing home, celebrating friendship and the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn uplifting, bittersweet drama set in a nursing home, celebrating friendship and the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA nursing-home conservatory. Sean sits alone, abandoned to his memories. In storms Patricia, a feisty woman with a zest for life and for handsome men in wheelchairs. A wary intimacy develops between the two, an unforeseen relationship, by turns charming and combative, tender and funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfused with wry humour and humanity, Deirdre Kinahan's play \u003cem\u003eHalcyon Days \u003c\/em\u003eis a celebration of our quest for meaning in even the most seemingly hopeless of circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was first performed in preview at the Solstice Arts Centre, Co. Meath, Ireland, in October 2012. The production received its Irish premiere at Smock Alley Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, also in October 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe production was revived under a new title, \u003cem\u003eThese Halcyon Days\u003c\/em\u003e, at Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, in August 2013 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won a Fringe First Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalcyon Days\u003c\/em\u003e was developed and expanded from Kinahan's earlier short play, \u003cem\u003eSalad Day\u003c\/em\u003e, which received a reading at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358779548022,"sku":"9781848423015","price":22.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26749035.jpg?v=1771920845","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848423015-halcyon-days","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}