| Imagine Drowning Contributor(s): Johnson, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413652505 ISBN-13: 9780413652508 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1991 Annotation: Set in a boarding house on the bleak Cumbrian coast, Imagine Drowning is a compelling drama of secrecy, violence, and discovery, at once frightening and funny. A journalist disappears while covering a protest at Sellafield. When his wife sets out to find him two weeks later, she stays at the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre collection of characters, including the wife of a mass murderer, an ex-astronaut beach bum, and a wheelchair-bound activist. As two intricate plots and time schemes intertwine, David and Jane find answers to some of their questions, while the boarding house reveals a dark and intimate horror. "Johnson has managed to produce theatre which doesn't so much reflect contemporary issues as turn them into something rich and strange ... it's a brilliant piece of theatre."-Time Out "A highly entertaining evening of dark and bilious comedy, mystery, and suspense."-Sunday Times |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts - Education |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| LCCN: 91028026 |
| Series: Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 4.79" W x 7.32" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Terry Johnson is that rare creature: a moralist with wit. He writes with responsible gaiety (Guardian) A journalist disappears while covering a protest at Sellafield. When his wife sets out to find him two weeks later, she stays at the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre collection of characters including the wife of a mass murderer, an ex-astronaut beach bum and a wheel-chair bound activist.A highly entertaining evening of dark and bilious comedy, mystery and suspense (Sunday Times) |