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19%OFFJoanna Murray-Smith - Honour - 9781854597281 - V9781854597281
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Honour

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Description for Honour Paperback. Gus and Honor have been happily married for 32 years. She is a successful writer, he is a revered columnist. They have a perfect understanding of each other. Until a young female journalist assigned to "profile" Gus seeks to undermine that understanding. The fallout is terrible. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.

An unsettling play about infidelity seen from the perspective of the three women involved: the wife, the lover and the daughter.

George and Honor have been happily married for thirty-two years. She is a successful writer, he is a revered columnist. They have a perfect understanding of each other. Until a pushy young female journalist - on an assignment to 'profile' George - quite deliberately seeks to undermine that understanding. The fallout is dreadful - but beautifully and convincingly portrayed in all its painful consequences.

Joanna Murray-Smith's play Honour was first performed at the Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854597281
SKU
V9781854597281
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Joanna Murray-Smith
Joanna Murray-Smith is Australian. Most of her plays were first performed in Melbourne, including Rapture, Redemption, Atlanta, and Love Child, which was then staged all over Australia. She has also written short stories, a children's book and a novel, Truce, published by Penguin, Australia. Honour marks her British debut. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children.

Reviews for Honour
'A stinging bulletin from the frontline of the gender wars... clinically dissects the notion, the nature, of love'
Evening Standard
'Murray-Smith's considerable skill lies in charting the minute emotional shifts and the subtle power play between the four people... Superb'
Mail on Sunday
'Murray-Smith's writing is searching and droll, naturalistic and poetically honed'
Independent on ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Honour


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