Tribes by Nina Raine
Billy's family, like every other, is a club, with its own private language, jokes and rules. You can be as rude as you like, as possessive as you like, as critical as you like. Arguments are an expression of love, and after all, you love each other more than anyone in the world. Don't you?But Billy, who is deaf, is the only one who actually listens. When he meets Sylvia, he decides he finally wants to be heard.
"There's so much going on in Tribes that it's almost overwhelming: intellect and sentiment, love and cruelty, witty zingers and biting put-downsBut in Nina Raine's dazzling play, too much is a good thing Tribes is pitch-perfect." - New York Post; "In this provocative and original play, Raine keeps the ideas and the ironies coming until the final thrilling, paradoxical image. Raine's gift is for penetration; she makes her story mean more than the social problem it dramatizes." - New Yorker
Nina Raine is a theatre director and playwright. Her plays include: an adaptation with Moses Raine of Maxim Gorky's Summerfolk (National Theatre, London, 2026); Bach & Sons (Bridge Theatre, London, 2021); Stories (National Theatre, 2018); Consent (National Theatre, 2017; West End, 2018); Tiger Country (Hampstead Theatre, London, 2011); Tribes (Royal Court, London, 2010, and Barrow Street Theatre, New York; winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Drama Desk Award); and Rabbit (Old Red Lion and West End, 2006; winner of the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848421219 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848421214 |
| Title | Tribes |
| Author | Nina Raine |
| Series | Nhb Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nick Hern Books |
| Year published | 2010-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Prizes | Winner of Best New Play, Off-West End Theatre Awards 2010, Winner of Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play 2012, Winner of New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Foreign Play 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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