Description
Mongrel Island is a dazzlingly powerful and dreamlike comic play where madcap surreal humour meets the mundanity of everyday office life.
About the Author
Ed Harris is a Brighton-based playwright and poet. His stage plays include Never Ever After (Chalkfoot Theatre Arts, shortlisted for the 2008 Meyer-Whitworth Award), Lucy (Academy of Creative Training/NYT) and The Cow Play (UK tour, Squaremoon/Farnham Maltings). For radio, Ed has written numerous critically-acclaimed plays for BBC Radio 4 in recent years, and he was shortlisted for the Tinniswood Award in 2010 for The Moment You Feel It. His first radio series will be broadcast in 2012.
Reviews
A writer worth watching. -- Ian Shuttleworth * Financial Times *
In this tasty 90 minutes of wild humour tinged with quiet sadness there is a great deal to savour. -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian *
[Harris's] lines are sharp, his characters self-aware. This is a hugely promising piece of work. -- Dominic Maxwell * The Times *
In a play haunted by death, suicide, depression, defeatism and dysfunctional parent-child relationships, Harris displays a raw sensitivity to these subjects and a devastatingly vibrant turn of phrase about them... A talent to look out for. -- Paul Taylor * Independent *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408158708
Author Ed Harris
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 89g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 6mm