{"product_id":"mcdowall-plays-1-9781350007420","title":"McDowall Plays 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first collection from groundbreaking playwright Alistair McDowall\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ean exceptionally talented and fast-rising writer\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eStill only in his twenties, this writer is surely going places. Whatever  he dreams up next, his name will almost certainly be in lights at the  Royal Court soon, if not at the National Theatre.\u003ci\u003e (The Times) \u003c\/i\u003eHaving won a Judges Award at the Bruntwood Prize in 2011 and been  shortlisted for the Writers'' Guild Best Play Award in 2013, Alistair  McDowall is one of the most exciting playwrights of this generation.The anthology features the play that brought McDowall to people''s attention, \u003ci\u003eBrilliant Adventures, \u003c\/i\u003eup to his latest major play, \u003ci\u003ePomona\u003c\/i\u003e, that received ecstatic reviews, transferred to the National Theatre, and hailed him as one of the most important playwrights of this generation. It also includes two previously unpublished plays. \u003ci\u003eBrilliant Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Exchange\/Live Theatre, 2013) is a fast paced tal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis gripping and deeply unsettling tale of inner-city lowlife is a sensory and dramatic triumph * Whatsonstage on 'Pomona' *\u003cbr\u003eAlistair McDowall's slippery, gripping dystopian thriller . . .  enthralling, unexpectedly funny and expertly maintained. . . . Clever,  creepy and compelling. * Financial Times on 'Pomona' *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an intelligent, involving examination of the transformative   potential of fatherhood – of its ability to take a man who can barely   look at himself in the mirror, and make him feel all-powerful, worthy  of  love. For my money, it may well be the best one-man show you’re  likely  to see at the Fringe this year. * Daily Telegraph on 'Captain Amazing' *\u003cbr\u003eA monologue that crackles with invention . . . This is a terrific piece of writing – full of crackle, invention and heart * Guardian on 'Captain Amazing' *\u003cbr\u003eSizzling exuberance and imagination * Observer on 'Brilliant Adventures' *\u003cbr\u003eRemarkable young writing talent ... there is a convincing tang of lived  experience in the evocation of a practically lawless pocket of the  north-east * Guardian on 'Brilliant Adventures' *\u003cbr\u003eA bold drama fusing gritty realism with time travel fantasy * BBC on \"Brilliant Adventures\" *\u003cbr\u003eAlistair McDowall’s fine, flinty play . . . bitterly funny * New York Times on \"Talk Show\" *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019623399767,"sku":"9781350007420","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350007420.jpg?v=1750780817","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mcdowall-plays-1-9781350007420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}