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The Lodger by Simon Burke

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Part of Methuen Modern Plays series

Summary

Burke's first stage play, which won the 1992 Mobil Playwriting Competition and was staged at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre in 1994. When the beautiful Mel rents a room from Mr Wall, she sets in motion an inexorable chain of events. What follows is by turns, brutal, tender and blackly comic.

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The Lodger by Simon Burke

Simon Burke's first stage play is a fork-tongued thriller set in the twilight world of rented accommodation in contemporary England Somewhere in the bleak anonymity of suburbia, Andrew Wise has a room to let. When the enigmatic Lois turns up an awkward bargain is struck which leads them into a brutal, tender and darkly comic relationship. The Lodger received its premiere at The Royal Exchange Manchester in February 1994, directed by the actor Richard Wilson. It was winnner of the 1992 Mobil Playwriting Competition,

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SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780413686206
ISBN 10 0413686205
Title The Lodger
Author Simon Burke
Series Methuen Modern Plays
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1994-02-14
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.