
Alys, Always
Harriet Lane(Author)
Nick Hern Books (Publisher)
Published on 28. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-1-84842-840-9 (ISBN)
Description
A psychological thriller excavating the fault lines that separate the entitled from the rest, Alys, Always is adapted for the stage by Lucinda Coxon from Harriet Lane's gripping novel.
Frances works on the books pages of a Sunday newspaper. She's quiet and capable, but nobody takes much notice: her face is pressed to the window, on the outside, looking in.
One evening, driving back to London after visiting her infuriating parents, she comes across an overturned car crumpled on the side of the road. She waits with the injured driver, Alys Kyte, until the ambulance arrives. Later, when Alys's famous family gets in touch, Frances finds herself ushered for the first time into the world on the other side of the window. And she begins to wonder: what will it take to belong?
This stage version of Alys, Always was premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in February 2019, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Joanne Froggatt and Robert Glenister.
'Wonderfully observed... a gripping, psychologically complex achievement, whose greatest success is the lingering sense of unease' Sunday Telegraph on Harriet Lane's novel
Frances works on the books pages of a Sunday newspaper. She's quiet and capable, but nobody takes much notice: her face is pressed to the window, on the outside, looking in.
One evening, driving back to London after visiting her infuriating parents, she comes across an overturned car crumpled on the side of the road. She waits with the injured driver, Alys Kyte, until the ambulance arrives. Later, when Alys's famous family gets in touch, Frances finds herself ushered for the first time into the world on the other side of the window. And she begins to wonder: what will it take to belong?
This stage version of Alys, Always was premiered at the Bridge Theatre, London, in February 2019, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Joanne Froggatt and Robert Glenister.
'Wonderfully observed... a gripping, psychologically complex achievement, whose greatest success is the lingering sense of unease' Sunday Telegraph on Harriet Lane's novel
Reviews / Votes
'A smart, slick psychodrama with a mischievous satirical undercurrent' * Time Out * 'An unsettling thriller' * The Times *More details
Series
Edition
stage version
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 124 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84842-840-9 (9781848428409)
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Lucinda Coxon's other plays include Herding Cats and Happy Now?, and her screenplays include The Danish Girl, The Crimson Petal and the White and The Little Stranger.