"You've endangered us. You've endangered your family." During an attack on London, 20 year old Imogen joins a campaign offering refuge to victims. Before her family have even had a chance to have a reasonable discussion, John is at their door. He is different to them. He isn't what they expected. And although they'd never admit it to themselves, he isn't necessarily what they want. "You will do anything, in the end, to keep the people you love safe." One for Sorrow is Cordelia Lynn's second play to have its world premiere at London's Royal Court Theatre, following her acclaimed debut Lela & Co.

About the Author

Cordelia Lynn received the 2017 Pinter Commission. Her other plays include Lela & Co. (also at the Royal Court), Best Served Cold and Believers Anonymous.

Reviews

'A riveting, quicksilver, subtly manipulative thriller... electrifyingly plugged into our socio-political moment... a rich, fascinating work that sends you out into the night challenged and troubled'

* The Stage *

'Lynn wrings the pettiness of the petty bourgeois for an uneasy comedy... a scathing illustration of liberal hypocrisy and prejudice... Lynn deploys a slippery ambiguity that makes everything uncertain - and all the more unsettling'

* WhatsOnStage *

'Cleverly challenges a range of liberal assumptions'

* Financial Times *

'Lynn's writing is funny and astute in sending up the modern manners of the middle class and skewering family dynamics'

* Time Out *

'Intelligently explores the culture of fear in an age of terrorism... frequently laugh-out-loud funny, and the dark shades of violence and the impact of fear and terror on our psyches is recognizably real'

* The Arts Desk *



Book Information
ISBN 9781848427617
Author Cordelia Lynn
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books