A Place at the Table
Will be published approx. on 10. February 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-85459-488-4 (ISBN)
Description
A play about the dog-eat-dog world of television.
Adam is a fringe dramatist plucked from obscurity by a script editor striving to make her mark in a small independent TV company. Because Adam happens to be in a wheelchair, Sarah proposes he writes the first ever TV sitcom about disability. He accepts the commission with predictably disastrous results.
Simon Block's play A Place at the Table was first staged at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2000.
Adam is a fringe dramatist plucked from obscurity by a script editor striving to make her mark in a small independent TV company. Because Adam happens to be in a wheelchair, Sarah proposes he writes the first ever TV sitcom about disability. He accepts the commission with predictably disastrous results.
Simon Block's play A Place at the Table was first staged at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2000.
Reviews / Votes
'A blisteringly funny and angry new play' * Sunday Times * 'A comedy that hits its chosen target with a wounding, and wounded, accuracy' * Guardian * 'Wickedly funny dialogue and a flagrant disregard for political correctness' * Evening Standard *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
104 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85459-488-4 (9781854594884)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Simon Block is a playwright and screenwriter. His work for theatre includes: Not a Game for Boys (Royal Court); Chimps, Hand in Hand and Everything is Illuminated (Hampstead Theatre); A Place at the Table (Bush Theatre); and 1/25th of the National Theatre Chain Play (National Theatre).
His work for television includes: North Square (Channel 4); Trust (BBC1); The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (Channel 4); Casualty 1909 (BBC1); The Eichmann Show (BBC 2); Home Fires (ITV).
Work for radio includes: Breathe In Breathe Out and The Pool (BBC Radio 4).
His work for television includes: North Square (Channel 4); Trust (BBC1); The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (Channel 4); Casualty 1909 (BBC1); The Eichmann Show (BBC 2); Home Fires (ITV).
Work for radio includes: Breathe In Breathe Out and The Pool (BBC Radio 4).