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Dealer's Choice
Paperback / softback
Main Details
| Title |
Dealer's Choice
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Patrick Marber
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| Series | Modern Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:128 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 126 |
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| Category/Genre | Plays, playscripts |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780413714909
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.914 |
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| Edition |
New Edition - New ed
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Methuen Drama
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| Publication Date |
27 January 1997 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Dealer's Choice premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, in 1995 and subsequently transferred to the West End. It won the 1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and, the Writers' Guild for Best West End Play. 'An exceptionally accomplished first play . . . though I know nothing about poker, I testify to the compulsive grip this play exerts and to the accumulation of meanings it ignites in your head.' Financial Times 'Patrick Marber's enthralling close-up of the demons which drive compulsive gamblers is among the finest new plays in many a year.' Daily Mail
Author Biography
Patrick Marber was born in London. Dealer's Choice is his first play. It won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writers' Guild Award for Best West End Play. He has also written extensively for television and radio, including After Miss Julie (BBC Television, 1995).
ReviewsUnmissably good. * Daily Telegraph, Dominic Cavendish, 14/12/2007 * Provides a tensely gripping portrait of male camaraderie, compulsive obsession, self-destructiveness, parental responsibility and thwarted dreams. * Sunday Express, Mark Shenton, 16/12/2007 *
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