
On Tour
Gregory Burke(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 20. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-571-23171-3 (ISBN)
Description
H is a Manc, Ray is a Scouser. They service the needs and exploit the chaos of football fans abroad following England to make money, trade, or steal. When H meets Daz, an ex-Marine, in a police cell, he sees an opportunity to turn his dealings with Ray into something bigger.
Directed by Matt Wilde, On Tour is a co-production between The Royal Court and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.
'Gregory Burke's blistering, brilliant, crazily confident first play' [GAGARIN WAY] The Guardian
Directed by Matt Wilde, On Tour is a co-production between The Royal Court and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse.
'Gregory Burke's blistering, brilliant, crazily confident first play' [GAGARIN WAY] The Guardian
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
139 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-23171-3 (9780571231713)
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Person
Gregory Burke was born in Dunfermline in 1968. His plays include Gagarin Way (Traverse/National Theatre, 2001), which won the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award, Best New Play at the TMA Barclays Awards, was joint winner of the Meyer-Whitworth Award and was nominated for the South Bank Show Theatre Award and Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play; The Straits (Paines Plough, UK tour, 2003), On Tour (Royal Court Theatre/Liverpool Everyman, 2005), Liar (National Theatre Shell Connections, 2006), Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland, world tour, 2006), which won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Play, the South Bank Show Theatre Award in 2007 and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2009, and Hoors (Traverse Theatre, 2009).