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Speech & Debate
Stephen Karam
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Description for Speech & Debate
Paperback. Three misfit teenagers are brought together by a sex scandal in their school, with nobody taking them seriously until they speak out - with hilarious consequences. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
A fiercely funny play by the Tony Award-winning author of The Humans.
Three misfit teenagers are brought together by a sex scandal in their school, with nobody taking them seriously until they speak out – with hilarious consequences.
Living in a social media minefield, where peers are judgmental and adults are dictatorial and condescending, Howie, Solomon and Diwata grapple with homophobia, online privacy and how to get the lead in the school play.
Stephen Karam's Speech & Debate was first performed Off-Broadway at Roundabout Underground in 2007. It received its European premiere at the Trafalgar Studios, London, ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848426511
SKU
V9781848426511
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Stephen Karam
Stephen Karam is an American playwright whose plays include: The Humans (Chicago, 2014; off-Broadway, 2015; Broadway, 2016; winner of a 2016 Tony Award, Drama Critics’ Circle Award and an Obie Award); Sons of the Prophet (2011; a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 2012 Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel and Hull-Warriner awards for ... Read more
Reviews for Speech & Debate
'The pace is nigh-on perfect… Stephen Karam has a talent for making serious things seriously funny'
The Times
'Comically unfolds the mysteries and peculiarities of today’s youth'
Telegraph
'A triumph...hilarious, cliché-free, and immensely entertaining'
New York Times
'Bristling with vitality, wicked humour, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth' ... Read more
The Times
'Comically unfolds the mysteries and peculiarities of today’s youth'
Telegraph
'A triumph...hilarious, cliché-free, and immensely entertaining'
New York Times
'Bristling with vitality, wicked humour, terrific dialogue and a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth' ... Read more