Pilgrims by Elinor Cook
A play about adventure, betrayal, and man's impulse to conquer the world. Dan and Will climb mountains. Aged eighteen, they climbed Everest. They became legends. Rachel isn't interested in being a character in Dan's story. She intends to make her own. But with the thrill of a climb just days away, it's not just principles, but people, in danger. Elinor Cook's play Pilgrims premiered at HighTide Festival 2016, in a co-production with HighTide, Theatr Clwyd and Vicky Graham Productions, directed by Tamara Harvey.'A gorgeous piece.. layered and lyrical... Cook's characters are beautifully drawn... Pilgrims isn't just a protest about the way women get sidelined in stories – that men get to be heroes, and women, their prizes – it dares to suggest there's a reason for that'
* WhatsOnStage *'A honeycomb of delicately interlinked scenes that layer back and forth in time'
* Evening Standard *'A theatrically exciting and free-flowing piece of narrative... an impressively detailed and suggestive example of contemporary new writing'
* The Arts Desk *'A seriously smart new play... a restless piece of writing that keeps chipping away at itself, leaving sharp and glittering edges exposed'
* Time Out *'Deft and witty... an eloquent cry of protest about the marginalisation of women in legend and story as well as life'
* Guardian *'Thoughtful and quietly poetic. Investigating the gender imbalance in the narrative of history, [Pilgrims] constructs and then dismantles a classic love triangle'
* The Times *Elinor Cook won the George Devine Award 2013 for Most Promising Playwright. Her plays include: Pilgrims (HighTide Festival and Yard Theatre, London, 2016); The Rehearsal (LAMDA); Ten Weeks (Paines Plough/Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama); Image of an Unknown Young Woman (Gate Theatre, London, 2015); The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World (HighTide Festival, 2014); The Boy Preference (National Theatre Connections); and this is where we got to when you came in (non zero one/Bush Theatre).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781848425996 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848425996 |
| Title | Pilgrims |
| Author | Elinor Cook |
| Series | Nhb Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 2016-09-08 |
| Number of pages | 104 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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