Harvey Plays: 2: Guiding Star; Hushabye Mountain; Out in the Open

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Harvey Plays: 2: Guiding Star; Hushabye Mountain; Out in the Open
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonathan Harvey
SeriesContemporary Dramatists
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780413771988
ClassificationsDewey:822.914
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 25 April 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A new collection of the latest plays from the writer of Beautiful Thing and TV's Gimme, Gimme, Gimme "JONATHAN HARVEY has an athletic and fantastical imagination, bawdy, funny and joyously blasphemous" Sunday Times GUIDING STAR: "Dry, funny, truthful, the writing buzzes with graceful perception and Scouse sarcasm...one of the best new plays of the year" Daily Mail HUSHABYE MOUNTAIN: "You would have to have a heart hewn from granite not to respond warmly to Jonathan Harvey's latest play" Guardian OUT IN THE OPEN: "A touching exploration of grief, the secrets and lies that evolve in friendships and the difficulty of telling the truth to those we love" The Times

Author Biography

Jonathan Harvey has written many award-winning plays and is one of today's hottest young writers. He wrote the screenplay for the film of his play Beautiful Thing and other screenplays for Carlton and the BBC. He also has written the successful TV sitcom, Gimme Gimme Gimme and the words to the Pet S hop Boys' musical Closer to Heaven.