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Description for Microcosm
Paperback. A searing new play by a Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
A searing thriller about paranoia, social divisions, and the creeping threat of the intruder, by the Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright.
Alex has his flat. His home. He's building a life with Clare. Nothing can derail his happiness - he just wishes those kids would stop hanging round outside his house. But they're just kids, with nothing to do. They're not dangerous, right?
Matt Hartley's play Microcosm was first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in May 2014.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848423985
SKU
V9781848423985
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Matt Hartley
Matt Hartley is a playwright. His play Sixty Five Miles won the Under-26 Prize in the inaugural Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. He has also written for radio and television.
Reviews for Microcosm
'Builds suspense marvellously... chilling and ominous'
The Upcoming
'Compelling... Hartley is particularly perceptive in capturing the sweet strangeness of people, their moments of agreement and rapture, hilarity and repugnance'
Exeunt Magazine
'Hitchcockian... an intelligent and considered piece of theatre'
Huffington Post
The Upcoming
'Compelling... Hartley is particularly perceptive in capturing the sweet strangeness of people, their moments of agreement and rapture, hilarity and repugnance'
Exeunt Magazine
'Hitchcockian... an intelligent and considered piece of theatre'
Huffington Post