The Container
Clare Bayley(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Published on 2. August 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-85459-592-8 (ISBN)
Description
Four refugees - an Afghan, a Turkish Kurd and two Somali women - are huddled in a container lorry crossing Europe. They are joined in Milan by Mariam, pregnant and unable to pay the increasingly high sums of money demanded by the Agent. She is taken away to bargain with the (always unseen) Driver. She doesn't return - and we leave the others still wondering whether they will ever arrive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-592-8 (9781854595928)
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Person
Clare Bayley's plays include The Woman Who Swallowed A Pin (Southwark Playhouse); Northern Lights (also produced on radio); and a screenplay Corridors in The Air, for which she was awarded the Sunday Times Screenwriting award. Her version of The Enchantment by Victoria Benedictsson opens at the National Theatre in July 2007.