Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Terese and Louise are on their way to a 'pot-pourri' party: a place where, Terese assures Louise, there will be straight people to talk to. Louise is tired of hanging out with Terese's lesbian-only crowd, and is not expecting much. So when she meets...
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Terese and Louise are on their way to a 'pot-pourri' party: a place where, Terese assures Louise, there will be straight people to talk to. Louise is tired of hanging out with Terese's lesbian-only crowd, and is not expecting much. So when she meets the handsome J.J. she gets more, perhaps, than she'd bargained for. An examination of the roles that gender and sexuality play in the already complex world of love among friends, 'Designs for Living' was first produced at the Drill Hall, London.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Funny, powerful and transgressive, 'Sodom' refigures the classic biblical tale of Lot, using it to examine the dangers of being different in a rigid world. Claire Dowie reveals that, in fact, everyone in Sodom, apart from Lot and his wife, is gay....
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Funny, powerful and transgressive, 'Sodom' refigures the classic biblical tale of Lot, using it to examine the dangers of being different in a rigid world. Claire Dowie reveals that, in fact, everyone in Sodom, apart from Lot and his wife, is gay. Dowie then translates the morality of the biblical story to examine the persecution of a distrusted commune in the modern day. 'Sodom' shows that society's fear of the Other translates across the millennia.
Verlag:
Bloomsbury, London
;
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
'The Year of the Monkey' is a collection of four short plays, each play taking the form of a long, narrative monologue. In 'Bonfire Night' the speaker, a woman caring for her elderly father, reminisces about being a young girl who wanted to play with...
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'The Year of the Monkey' is a collection of four short plays, each play taking the form of a long, narrative monologue. In 'Bonfire Night' the speaker, a woman caring for her elderly father, reminisces about being a young girl who wanted to play with guns like the boys. 'Arsehammers' is about a boy's relationship with his grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. The protagonist of 'Allotments' talks about her neighbourhood's garden allotments, her favourite topic of conversation, and reveals the unusual community that has grown around it. In 'The Year of the Monkey' a mother dreams of injecting some excitement into her life. Funny, poignant and occasionally shocking, these four pieces demonstrate Dowie's great facility with storytelling.
