Ecstasy by Mike Leigh

Ecstasy by Mike Leigh

A play about loneliness, togetherness, longing, warmth and love.

'Mike Leigh has a wonderful gift for conversation so rock-bottom-boring that it is hilarious'

* Guardian *

'Heartbreak exists a hair's breadth away from hilarity.. Ecstasy delivers on its name'

* New York Times *

Mike Leigh is an English writer and director of film and theatre. Born in Salford, he studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]. He began as a theatre director and playwright in the 1960s. In the 1970s he made his name with the television version of his play Abigail's Party . Some of his best known and most successful films include Life is Sweet, Naked for which he won the Best Director Award at Cannes,the BAFTA-winning (and Oscar-nominated) Palme d'Or winner Secrets & Lies and Golden Lion winner Vera Drake. His most recent film Another Year premiered to great acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848421370
ISBN 10	1848421370
Title	Ecstasy
Author	Mike Leigh
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2012-02-28
Number of pages	128
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