Summer of Harold
Published on 7. September 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
68 pages
978-1-76062-848-2 (ISBN)
Description
In award-winning playwright Hilary Bell's Summer of Harold, the transformative power of everyday objects threads through three cracking comedic plays about adventure, obsession and hope.
Summer of Harold. Memories of 1984. London. Phil Collins on MTV. Cassette tapes. Janet and her backpacking mate Alison take a summer job as inexperienced housekeepers with the 20th century's foremost British playwright, Harold Pinter. Will the summer of '84 be a triumph or end in disaster within the fastidious atmosphere of the Pinter household?
In Enfant Terrible Gareth, obsessed with his rival ceramicist, reflects on an evening of bitterness, triumph and discovery. A brash decision forces him to question whether or not he's badly misjudged the night.
As the enchanting Blue Mountains expand before Jonathan and Rae, they take a last moment to connect before making some life-changing decisions. Is it time to let go or is there more to their view in Lookout?
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Edition
Cts ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Paddington
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
137 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76062-848-2 (9781760628482)
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HILARY BELL is a graduate of the Juilliard Playwrights' Studio, NIDA, and AFTRS. Since writing Wolf Lullaby in 1995, Bell's plays have been produced nationally by Griffin, STC, Belvoir, Black Swan, Deckchair, La Boite, NORPA, the National Theatre of Parramatta and Vitalstatistix; in the US by Atlantic and Steppenwolf; and in the UK by the National's Connections programme. These include Fortune, The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Ruysch, The Falls, Memmie Le Blanc, The Red Balloon, The White Divers of Broome, The Splinter, Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me, The Mysteries: Genesis (with Lally Katz), The Red Tree, and adaptations of Chekhov's The Seagull and Moliere's The Hypochondriac. She was associate writer on Paul Capsis' Angela's Kitchen. She has written libretti for opera, musicals and song cycles. Bell has received numerous awards including the Philip Parsons Fellowship, the Jill Blewett Playwright's Award, Bug'n'Bub (USA), Aurealis Fiction, the Eric Kocher Plkaywright's Award, an Inscription Award, a Helpmann and two AWGIEs. She was the 2003-04 Tennessee Williams Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of the South, Tennessee, and the Patrick White Playwriting Fellow at the STC in 2013. She is also the creator, with artist Antonia Pesenti, of best-selling picture book Alphabetical Sydney.