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Stags And Hens
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Stags And Hens
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Willy Russell
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Series | Modern Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:112 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780413767806
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Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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Edition |
New Edition - New Edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Imprint |
Methuen Drama
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Publication Date |
10 May 2001 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'Stags and Hens takes place in the Gents and Ladies loos of a tacky Liverpool club, where Dave and Linda have decided, unbeknownst to each other, to hold their stag and hen parties . . . a bleakly funny and perceptive study of working-class misogyny, puritanism and waste' Guardian 'Combines comedy with acrid truth in the style Willy Russell has made unmistakably his own ... and hits off brilliantly the herd instinct driving both sexes onward and bedward' Daily Telegraph 'Firmly in the centre of the playwright's best achievements: lively, coarse, well-organised, truthful and very funny' Financial Times
Author Biography
One of the most-produced writers of his time, Willy Russell (b. Whiston, Liverpool, 23 Aug. 1947) is a playwright and songwriter. He has written a large number of highly successful plays and musicals for stage and TV including John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert (1974), Breezeblock Park (1975), One for the Road (1976),Our Day Out (television 1977; stage musical version 1983), Stags and Hens (1978; filmed as Dancin' thru the Dark, 1990), Educating Rita (1979), Blood Brothers(1981; musical version 1983), and Shirley Valentine (1986). His novel, The Wrong Boy, was published to great acclaim in 2000.
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