The Fall
Published on 11. August 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-84842-598-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Imagine being him. Every day you wake up. You're tired. Your body doesn't work properly... He's had a good life. Maybe he's just sick of being old. I would be.'
Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.
James Fritz's The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathise with the old - especially when their future is at stake? It was premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016.
The play offers ideal material for teenagers to read, study or perform.
Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.
James Fritz's The Fall asks how much can a younger generation, dispossessed and disenfranchised, truly empathise with the old - especially when their future is at stake? It was premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016.
The play offers ideal material for teenagers to read, study or perform.
Reviews / Votes
'[A] short, sharp shock of a play... youth theatre at its most mature, and most dazzling' * Guardian * 'Perfectly pitched as a play for young actors... sets a new standard for youth theatre' * The Stage * 'Intelligent, absorbing... confirms Fritz as a major new voice in British drama' * The Reviews Hub * 'James Fritz's triptych for young people leaves plenty of room for expression and individually, and is so luxuriously self-aware as it delivers a youthful interpretation of age through a filter made up from stereotypical understandings of youth' * Exeunt *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-598-9 (9781848425989)
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James Fritz's plays include The Fall (National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, 2016); Ross & Rachel (MOTOR at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 59E59 Theaters, New York); Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre, 2014; Most Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle Awards) and Lines (Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2011).