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Penhall''s 1994 play Some Voices was described as ''the most thrilling playwriting debut in years'' by the Sunday Times. He has consistently lived up to and exceeded that early promise as the plays in this second volume of his work testify. Characterised by a taut mood, a grappling with moral dilemmas, and tough, eloquent dialogue, punctuated by outrageously comic moments, the plays in this volume are:



  • Blue/Orange: An incendiary tale of race, madness and power set in a psychiatric hospital. ''Britain''s best new play since Michael Frayn''s Copenhagen ... thrillingly original'' Financial Times
  • Dumb Show sees TV star Barry caught in a tense game of manipulation and entrapment in this satire on the fame game and the media industry: ''Penhall brings the same sharpness and wit to Dumb Show that he did to his hugely successful Blue/Orange'' The Times
  • Wild Turkey (1993): a characteristically t

    Trade Review
    on Wild Turkey: 'a taut morality tale about why mixing business with friendship is always a bad idea.' Time Out London 14/08/08

    Table of Contents
    Blue/Orange; Dumb Show; Wild Turkey

Penhall Plays 2 2 BlueOrange Dumb Show Wild Turkey v 2 Contemporary Dramatists

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 2/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780713689433, 978-0713689433
      ISBN10: 0713689439
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Penhall''s 1994 play Some Voices was described as ''the most thrilling playwriting debut in years'' by the Sunday Times. He has consistently lived up to and exceeded that early promise as the plays in this second volume of his work testify. Characterised by a taut mood, a grappling with moral dilemmas, and tough, eloquent dialogue, punctuated by outrageously comic moments, the plays in this volume are:



      • Blue/Orange: An incendiary tale of race, madness and power set in a psychiatric hospital. ''Britain''s best new play since Michael Frayn''s Copenhagen ... thrillingly original'' Financial Times
      • Dumb Show sees TV star Barry caught in a tense game of manipulation and entrapment in this satire on the fame game and the media industry: ''Penhall brings the same sharpness and wit to Dumb Show that he did to his hugely successful Blue/Orange'' The Times
      • Wild Turkey (1993): a characteristically t

        Trade Review
        on Wild Turkey: 'a taut morality tale about why mixing business with friendship is always a bad idea.' Time Out London 14/08/08

        Table of Contents
        Blue/Orange; Dumb Show; Wild Turkey

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