{"product_id":"9781474228626","title":"Each Slow Dusk","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEach Slow Dusk\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRory Mullarkey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Private misses the farm. The Captain dreams of painting. The Corporal relishes the fight. \u003cbr\u003eAnd a hundred years later, The Woman seeks to understand\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1916 – In the darkness of the French night, three young soldiers, a private, a corporal and a captain, cross no man's land towards the enemy trench. Stealth is key to their survival and so they walk in silence, with nothing to communicate the thoughts in their heads save for the barest of gestures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2014 – A woman goes on a day trip to visit the touristic monuments commemorating the Battle of the Somme at Vimy Ridge and the Loghnagar Crater – the site of a mine explosion that killed over 6,000 people – where she encounters remembrance, restaurants and bright, themed gift shops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEach Slow Dusk\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling play about action, humanity, and the legacy of war. Immersing you in the reality of conflict through vivid, thrilling detail, it gives you a fresh way of thinking about war – from the past soldiers' perspective to the woman's present-day experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEach Slow Dusk\u003c\/i\u003e was published to coincide with the first production and national tour of the play by Pentabus Rural Theatre Company, in autumn, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRory Mullarkey \u003c\/b\u003ewon the 2014 George Devine Award for his play \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf from the Door \u003c\/i\u003eand  was the recipient of the Pinter Commission in 2014 – an award given  annually by Lady Antonia Fraser, Harold Pinter's widow, to support a new  commission at the Royal Court. He was the Royal Court's  writer-on-attachment in 2010 and has been closely associated with the  theatre's international work, translating Russian-language plays from  Latvia, Russia and Ukraine, including Aleksey Scherbak's \u003ci\u003eRemembrance Day \u003c\/i\u003eas part of the 2011 International Season and for a number of staged readings. His first full-length play, \u003ci\u003eCannibals, \u003c\/i\u003eopened  at the Royal Exchange Manchester in 2013, where he became the youngest  playwright to have his work performed on their main stage. In 2014, Rory  Mullarkey won the Harold Pinter Playwriting Prize, the George Devine  Award (jointly with Alice Birch) and the James Tait Black  Prize for  Drama  for his play \u003ci\u003eCannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Methuen Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 November 2014\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474228626\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1.92\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332040851596,"sku":"9781474228626","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_c231caf4-9c75-4345-86c4-a4fd33660b57.jpg?v=1783601145","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781474228626","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}