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The Snail House - NHB Modern Plays

Paperback (09 Sep 2022)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'I saved lives and I got rewarded and I'm bloody well not going to apologise for it.'

Sir Neil Marriot had a 'good pandemic', becoming familiar to millions from his TV appearances as a government medical advisor. His service even earned him a knighthood, and he is now rewarding himself with a lavish birthday party.

But, amidst the oak panelling, the champagne and the silver service, his family are at one another's throats again, and he thinks there's something familiar - and somehow unsettling - about one of the catering staff...

The Snail House is a play about how the past impacts on the present, and how overconfidence can have disastrous consequences. Written and directed by Richard Eyre, it premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in September 2022.

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: 9781839041099
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 822.914
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 102g
Height: 129mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 15mm