{"product_id":"9781848427839-stephen-jeffreys","title":"Stephen Jeffreys: Plays","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys, including his acclaimed plays \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Clink\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA selection of the best work of Stephen Jeffreys, whose career stretches from an award-winning play at the National Student Drama Festival in 1977 through to an adaptation of \u003cem\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/em\u003e for the RSC in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncluded here are his first big success, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eValued Friends\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a comedy of manners about the property market which won both the Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Awards; a riotous farce set in the time of Elizabeth I, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Clink\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, in which a stand-up comedian becomes involved in the political skulduggery surrounding the ailing queen; an autobiographical drama set in 1966, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Going Concern\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, about a washed-up family business; and Jeffreys’ smash-hit, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, a Restoration romp about the licentious Earl of Rochester, much revived and also filmed with Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRounding off the volume are two previously unpublished plays: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterruptions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, inspired by Jeffreys’ interest in the collective aspect of politics and his fascination with the Japanese aesthetic principle of Jo-ha-kyu; and a very likable, short autobiographical monologue, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinsbury Park\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, all six plays represent the impressively wide range of topics and styles that Jeffreys embraced. Above all, each one of them is intensely and enjoyably theatrical to its very core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘I had the great pleasure of working with Stephen Jeffreys on his play, \u003cem\u003eThe Libertine\u003c\/em\u003e. Would that all playwrights had his openness, his talent, his hard-headedness, his experience, his enthusiasm, his complexity, and perhaps best of all his talent and interest in eliciting the best in others’\u003c\/strong\u003e John Malkovich\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Stephen’s plays always bear the kitemark of unique, handcrafted quality’\u003c\/strong\u003e Ian Rickson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606893273185,"sku":"9781848427839","price":16.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_23107284.jpg?v=1713966018","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781848427839-stephen-jeffreys","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}