James Graham Plays: 1
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James Graham Plays: 1

A History of Falling Things, Tory Boyz, The Man, The Whisky Taster, Sons of York

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James Graham Plays: 1

A History of Falling Things, Tory Boyz, The Man, The Whisky Taster, Sons of York

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This collection brings together four of Graham's most successful and entertaining plays, each representing a relationship with a theatre with which he has worked and introduced by the author. One of the plays, Sons of York, has never before been published, but earned James Graham a nomination for the Empty Space Mark Marvin Award. A History of Falling Things is a gentle love story about a young man and woman forced to confront their fears of the outside world and discover what really matters to their lives. Tory Boyz is a fast-paced, political comedy about prejudice and ambition in Westminster, looking at homosexuality in the British Conservative party, both today and in the past. As Ben, self-employed, skint and emotionally vulnerable, begins to stitch together the patchwork quilt that was the Tax Year 2009/2010, he relives a year that was both hilarious and tragic, all mixed up in one shoe box of receipts. The Man is an affectionate and funny portrait of an individual's year-long experience, pieced together from receipts, shopping and commercial transactions. The Whisky Taster is a contemporary, subtle and witty exploration of feeling and perception in the modern world of advertising, and about seeing things too clearly in a city that never stands still. Sons of York
Described as 'undoubtedly one of the best new plays of the year' ( British Theatre Guide ), Sons of York depicts three generations of the same family moving in together in Hull as the Winter of Discontent of 1978 builds up.

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Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2013
ISBN
9781408183922
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism in Drama
Index
Literature
time) 
made 
it 
seem 
too 
complicated 
and 
too 
unfair 
to 
pass 
on
to 
a 
‘proper’ 
actor 
with 
so 
little 
time. 
As 
this 
wasn’t 
a 
complete
disaster, 
when 
it 
came 
to 
mounting 
the 
show 
in 
full 
at 
the
Finborough 
in 
summer 
2010 
I 
played 
the 
role 
again 
alongside
a 
handful 
of 
brilliant, 
open 
and 
patient 
actors 
– 
Samuel
Barnett, 
Leander 
Deeny 
and 
George 
Rainsford, 
who 
deserve
a 
mention 
for 
being 
brave 
enough 
to 
take 
on 
the 
task 
of 
going
out 
on 
stage 
every 
night 
not 
knowing 
in 
what 
order 
your
emotional 
journey 
is 
going 
to 
play 
out 
– 
but 
all 
the 
more
rewarding 
for 
it.
It 
is 
tempting 
for 
writers 
looking 
back 
on 
their 
early 
work 
to
want 
to 
edit 
out 
the 
now-perceived 
flaws.
But 
to 
do 
this 
would
be 
to 
do 
so 
for 
the 
wrong 
reasons. 
Vanity, 
mainly 
– 
wishing
that 
we 
knew 
then 
what 
we 
know 
now, 
with 
greater 
experience,
a 
stronger 
sense 
of 
what 
we 
want 
to 
achieve 
and 
how 
to
achieve 
it. 
Maybe. 
As 
they
stand, 
the 
works 
collected 
here
represent 
where,
and 
what,
and 
how 
I 
was, 
when 
I 
was
writing 
them. 
As 
a 
playwright, 
you 
have 
to 
make 
your
mistakes 
in 
front 
of 
people. 
That’s 
theatre. 
And 
I 
wouldn’t
change 
it 
for 
anything.
james 
graham
xxii
Introduction
Tory 
Boyz

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Chronology
  5. Introduction
  6. TORY BOYZ
  7. SONS OF YORK
  8. A HISTORY OF FALLING THINGS
  9. THE WHISKY TASTER
  10. THE MAN