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Johnson Plays:2 Terry Johnson

Johnson Plays:2 By Terry Johnson

Johnson Plays:2 by Terry Johnson


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Summary

Terry Johnson's most recent plays collected in a second volume and introduced by the author

Johnson Plays:2 Summary

Johnson Plays:2: Imagine Drowning; Hysteria; Dead Funny by Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson's most recent plays collected in a second volume and introduced by the author This second volume of Johnson's collected plays includes Hysteria, in which one of Freud's earliest cases returns to haunt the psychoanalyst but finds Salvador Dali hiding in the cupboard; Dead Funny, a comedy about Benny Hill, impotence, sex therapy and the English sense of humour - Eleanor wants what Richard won't give her, Richard wants to be left in peace, Benny would rather rest in peace, but for tonight, at least, his fans won't let him; Imagine Drowning in which a journalist disappears while covering a protest at Sellafield - when his wife sets out to find him two weeks later, she stays at the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre collection of characters including the wife of a mass murderer, an ex-astronaut beach bum and a wheel-chair bound activist.Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety (Guardian)

About Terry Johnson

Terry Johnson's previous plays for the Royal Court are Hitchcock Blonde, Hysteria and Insignificance. Other work includes an adaptation of The Graduate (Gielguld Theatre), Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle And Dick (National Theatre/winner Olivier Award for Best Comedy 1998), an adaptation of The London Cuckolds (National Theatre), Dead Funny (Hampstead Theatre/Vaudville/Tour/winner Critic Circle Award for Best Play, Time Out Drama Award 1994), Imagine Drowning (Hampstead/winner of the John Whiting Award 1991), Cries From The Mammal House (Leicester Haymarket/Royal Court), Unsuitable For Adults (Bush).

Table of Contents

Imagine Drowning; Hysteria; Dead Funny

Additional information

GOR001269950
9780413723604
0413723607
Johnson Plays:2: Imagine Drowning; Hysteria; Dead Funny by Terry Johnson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
19980903
320
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