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First Person Shooter
Paul Jenkins
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Description for First Person Shooter
Paperback. First Person Shooter is a witty and prescient play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide. It follows Jenkins' award-winning play Natural Selection (2008) and will premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, in 2010. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
A funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide.
Seventeen-year-old student Adrian has a serious habit - playing military shooters on his computer games console. Single mum Maggie wants him to study Classics at uni and stop locking himself in his room pwning* n00bs**.
With the help of computer geek Tom, Maggie deciphers gaming lingo in an attempt to reconnect with Adrian. But when a revolutionary new technology Tom has invented gets picked up by the Ministry of Defence, their lives are
rocketed from the virtual to the actual battlefield.
Product Details
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
84
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848421417
SKU
V9781848421417
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins' is a British author of plays including Island Hopping' (Belarus Free Theatre, Minsk) and Natural Selection, winner of the King's Cross New Writing Award (Bayerisches Staatschauspiel, Munich, and Theatre503, London).
Reviews for First Person Shooter
'A substantial, ambitious play of ideas...a play for today that’s also a rare theatrical treat for game-heads. Bullseye!'
Telegraph
'The play has emotional heart and entertainment value. First Person Shooter is smart and driven – if this is grim reality, let's have more.'
Birmingham Post
Telegraph
'The play has emotional heart and entertainment value. First Person Shooter is smart and driven – if this is grim reality, let's have more.'
Birmingham Post