Eldridge Plays: 1: Serving it Up; Summer Begins; Under the Blue Sky; M.A.D.

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Four plays by the writer behind the West End smash-hit, Festen Serving it Up: a "precociously perceptive debut play about East End loutishness". Evening Standard Summer Begins a story of the dreams and frustrations of working class young people living in Barking that "confirms Eldridge's impressive command of dialogue and character." Evening Standard Under the Blue Sky: "Like perfect blue skies, first-class new plays are few and far between, but when they appear they send your spirits soaring. Just such a heavenly piece of writing is the latest by David Eldridge." Daily Telegraph M.A.D.: a poignant and compelling family drama set in cold war Britain. "Beautifully written a marvellous play." Daily Telegraph A "young dramatist with few peers when it comes to presenting deep emotion without a hint of fuss or staginess"(Daily Telegraph)

David Eldridge was awarded the Time Out Live Award for Best New Play in the West End in 2001 for Under the Blue Sky. His full-length plays include Serving it Up (Bush 1996), A Week with Tony (Finborou gh Theatre 1996), Summer Begins (RNT Studio and Donmar Warehouse 1997), Falling (Hampstead Theatre 1 999), Under the Blue Sky (Royal Court Theatre 2000), Festen (Almeida and Lyric Theatre 2004), and M. A.D. (Bush 2004).