Mr Thomas
$22.88
- Paperback
78 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2017
Summary
‘You see, Brenda, I’m not like other men…’
In a dingy London bedsit in the late 1950s, George is planning a night on the town with his friend Gordon. Weaver wants to come too, and soon Mrs Tebbit, the landlady, has been invited. But when Mr Thomas shows up, the night takes a strange and sinister turn…
Kathy Burke’s first play is a gritty, darkly funny look at attitudes to homosexuality in the 1950s, a portrait of repressed sexuality and alcoholism – and an homage to th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848426498 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848426496 |
| Author: | Kathy Burke |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 78 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Kathy Burke
Born in Islington in 1964, Kathy Burke trained at the Anna Scher Theatre. She made her professional acting debut in the 1982 film Scrubbers.She won an RTS Award for Mr Wroe’s Virgins, a British Comedy Award for Gimme Gimme Gimme, the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Nil by Mouth, and Loaded Magazine’s Woman of the Decade Award in the 1990s.Her play, Mr Thomas, was first performed at the Old Red Lion, Islington, in 1990.She also wrote the autobiographical mini-series Walking and Talking for Sky Arts.
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