Description
Bright Phoenix is a wild, dream-like play about the carnival of the city at night.
About the Author
Jeff Young is an experienced television, stage and radio dramatist from Liverpool. He is one of BBC Radio Drama's most established and acclaimed writers, having written over twenty plays. He is also a renowned playwright, specialising in unique collaborative and site-specific projects. For television, he has written for Casualty, Doctors, Eastenders and Holby City. He is also currently developing original projects with numerous broadcasters and indies and recently completed his first commission for children's television, an episode of Stepping Up for LA Productions/CBBC. Alongside his continuing television, radio and theatre work, he has completed his first feature-length screenplay, The Don (freely adapted from his radio play of the same name). Jeff Young's other recent work includes the book for the stage version of The Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia, which opened at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in May 2009 before embarking on a major UK tour.
Reviews
In some ways, Young's play is the anti-prospectus - a plea on behalf of the liminal figures that give Liverpool its soul, and a swaggering toast to the future of urban degeneration. * Guardian *
Book Information
ISBN 9781474228800
Author Jeff Young
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 99g