Lucky Dog
1st Edition
Published on 29. May 2014
80 pages
978-1-4081-4970-6 (ISBN)
Description
Over Christmas dinner Sue and Eddie gossip and discuss the good
times they used to have together before their son left home, leaving a
void in their lives. But then Eddie disappears with the dog and their
neighbour's son comes round to liven things up and stay the night.
Through the creation of a seemingly banal universe, Butler creates an
intense atmosphere of guilt and suspicion within this couple's world.
times they used to have together before their son left home, leaving a
void in their lives. But then Eddie disappears with the dog and their
neighbour's son comes round to liven things up and stay the night.
Through the creation of a seemingly banal universe, Butler creates an
intense atmosphere of guilt and suspicion within this couple's world.
Published to tie in with the Royal Court premiere in May 2004
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-4970-6 (9781408149706)
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Leo Butler is an award-winning playwright. His plays have been produced by many of the UK's most important theatres, including National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Birmingham Rep, and Royal Shakespeare Company.
He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (Royal Court), Redundant (Royal Court), Boy (Almeida), and Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.)
He has written historical plays such as I'll Be The Devil0 (RSC), and contemporary dramas such as Lucky Dog (Royal Court), Faces in the Crowd (Royal Court) and The Early Bird (Queen's Theatre, Belfast).
He has also adapted classics like Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep), pantomimes and comedies such as Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East) and All You Need is LSD (Birmingham Rep), and musicals such as Alison! The Rock Opera (Royal Court/King's Head).
For ten years, Leo was Writers Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre and helped nurture a new generation of playwriting talent.
He has written many celebrated plays about young people, including Made of Stone (Royal Court), Redundant (Royal Court), Boy (Almeida), and Decades (Brit School/Bridge Theatre Co.)
He has written historical plays such as I'll Be The Devil0 (RSC), and contemporary dramas such as Lucky Dog (Royal Court), Faces in the Crowd (Royal Court) and The Early Bird (Queen's Theatre, Belfast).
He has also adapted classics like Woyzeck (Birmingham Rep), pantomimes and comedies such as Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East) and All You Need is LSD (Birmingham Rep), and musicals such as Alison! The Rock Opera (Royal Court/King's Head).
For ten years, Leo was Writers Tutor at the Royal Court Theatre and helped nurture a new generation of playwriting talent.
