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Book SynopsisLucy Prebble is one of Britain''s foremost writers for the stage and screen. This eagerly anticipated play collection brings together her landmark plays for the first time, showcasing her work from 2003 to 2019. Beginning with her George Devine Award-winning play
The Sugar Syndrome it continues through her explosive look at the biggest financial scandal in history, concluding with her pointed dramatization of the one of the most shocking news stories of the 2010s.
The Sugar Syndrome (2003) Dani is on a mission. She''s just 17, hates her parents, skives college and prefers life in the chatrooms. What she''s looking for is someone honest and direct. Instead she finds Tim, a man twice her age, who thinks she is 11 and a boy. What seems at first to be a case of crossed wires, ends up as an unlikely, and unsettling friendship between the two, which culminates in a shocking, and morally challenging revelation.
Enron (2009) One of the most infamous scandals in financial hi
Trade ReviewA playwright blessed with an exceptionally fine mind * Telegraph *
A brilliantly bold and ferociously intelligent drama about our slippery times * Financial Times (on A Very Expensive Poison) *
Prebble has written a profound and stirring play. The material is complex but always accessible, the drama serious and informative yet deeply human, with the odd jolt of piercing humour.
The Effect confirms her as one of the most intelligent voices in British theatre. * Evening Standard (on The Effect) *
An exhilarating mix of political satire, modern morality and multimedia spectacle * Guardian (on ENRON) *
Table of ContentsIntroduction The Sugar Syndrome The Effect Enron A Very Expensive Poison
