{"product_id":"making-noise-quietly-three-short-plays-9781848422483","title":"Making Noise Quietly: three short plays","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn acclaimed trilogy of plays exploring the impact of war on ordinary lives.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBeing Friends\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003etwo young men meet in a Kentish field in 1944 as doodlebugs whizz overhead. One is a conscientious objector, the other an artist, but an intense bond forms between them.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLost\u003c\/em\u003e, May Appleton, whose son is serving in the Falklands, receives the visit that every mother dreads\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Making Noise Quietly\u003c\/em\u003e, set in 1986 in the Black Forest, a German businesswoman takes into her home a fugitive British private and his disturbed stepson.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRobert Holman's trilogy of short plays, collectively called \u003cem\u003eMaking Noise Quietly\u003c\/em\u003e, was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in June 1986. It was revived by the Oxford Stage Company at the Whitehall Theatre, London, in April 1999 following a UK tour. It received a major revival at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in April 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A supreme example of how a writer can make a play by putting together a triptych of miniatures... Writing of rare sensitivity and cumulative power'\u003c\/p\u003e * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The modern school of in-yer-face theatrical brutality often boasts of 'exploring the dark side'. Holman, without crude shock tactics, really does so. And goes directly to the heart'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Libby Purves * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Marvellous... this haunting trilogy lodges itself in the mind and heart far more deeply than many noisier, flashier plays'\u003c\/p\u003e * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Charming, funny and faultless... a minor miracle'\u003c\/p\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Holman's instinct for truth, and an unaffected ability to spot what's poignant in it, is what one remembers: that, and a paradoxical impression of spare richness, astringent abundance'\u003c\/p\u003e * The Times *","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413730599255,"sku":"9781848422483","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781848422483.jpg?v=1730521195","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-noise-quietly-three-short-plays-9781848422483","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}