It Felt Empty When the Heart Went at First but It Is Alright Now - NHB Modern Plays

Lucy Kirkwood, Clean Break

Paperback (08 Oct 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'I know exactly how much I am worth. I am worth one thousand euros because that is how much Babac paid for me. To put this in easy language, that is like two-and-a-half iPhones.'

A luminous journey exploring the life of Dijana Polancec: professional romantic, eternal optimist and accidental prostitute.

Lucy Kirkwood's it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now is a play about modern-day sex trafficking. It was commissioned by Clean Break and first performed by the company at the Arcola Theatre in London in October 2009.

The play was the joint winner of the John Whiting Award in 2010.

About the Publisher

Nick Hern Books

Nick Hern Books is the UK's leading specialist performing arts publisher with over 1,000 plays and theatre books in our catalogue. Our list of plays includes work by many of the UK's preeminent playwrights, as well as some of the most exciting emerging writers. We work with major theatres and theatre companies across the UK and in Ireland to publish new plays alongside their professional premieres, often in the form of a 'programme/text' that combines the functions of theatre programme and playtext. We also publish many classic plays and plays in translation, together with a wide range of authoritative theatre books, many of them written by well-known theatre practitioners.

Book information

ISBN:	9781848420816
Publisher:	Nick Hern Books
Imprint:	Nick Hern Books
Pub date:	08 Oct 2009
DEWEY:	822.92
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	53
Weight:	84g
Height:	199mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	6mm