Holes in the Skin by Robert Holman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Holes in the Skin by Robert Holman Robert Holmans gripping new play explores the nature of violence and the possibility of redemption. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A gripping play about the nature of violence.15-year-old Kerry and her mum have moved to a council estate. Kerry hates it. She hates her mums new man too. But when she meets a boy in the playground and asks him to do something about it, she finds herself adrift in a landscape of physical brutality, drugs - and, eventually, love.Robert Holmans play Holes in the Skin was first performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in June 2003.Marvellously mature and dramatically engrossing— GuardianHypnotic ... a shimmering, wistful evocation of lost innocence— The Times Author Biography Robert Holman (1952–2021) was a British playwright whose work has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as in the West End and elsewhere. He is celebrated for the passionate humanity and quiet intensity of his plays, especially for his triptych of short plays, Making Noise Quietly, which was first seen at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1986, and has since been revived and adapted as a film (2019).His plays include: Mud (Royal Court Theatre, 1974); German Skerries (Bush Theatre, 1977, and revived at the Orange Tree Theatre, 2016); Rooting (Traverse Theatre, 1979); Other Worlds (Royal Court Theatre, 1980); Today (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984); The Overgrown Path (Royal Court Theatre, 1985); Making Noise Quietly (Bush Theatre, 1987, and revived at the Donmar Warehouse, 2012); Across Oka (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988); Rafts and Dreams (Royal Court Theatre, 1990); Bad Weather (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1998); Holes in the Skin (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2003); Jonah and Otto (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2008, and revived at the Park Theatre, 2014); A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky, co-written with David Eldridge and Simon Stephens (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2010); A Breakfast of Eels (Print Room at the Coronet, 2015); and The Lodger (Coronet Theatre, London, 2021).He also wrote a novel, The Amish Landscape, published in 1992. Review Marvellously mature and dramatically engrossing * Guardian *Hypnotic ... a shimmering, wistful evocation of lost innocence * The Times * Review Quote Marvellously mature and dramatically engrossing Details ISBN1854597477 Author Robert Holman Short Title HOLES IN THE SKIN Pages 96 Publisher Nick Hern Books Language English ISBN-10 1854597477 ISBN-13 9781854597472 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Nick Hern Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 822.914 Birth 1952 DOI 10.1604/9781854597472 UK Release Date 2003-07-10 AU Release Date 2003-07-10 NZ Release Date 2003-07-10 Series NHB Modern Plays Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-07-10 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159805428;

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