Abigail's Party
40th Anniversary Edition
$22.99
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2017
Summary
40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Mike Leigh
Forty years on from its first performance at the Hampstead Theatre and original screening on BBC1 soon after, Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party - telling of two marriages spectacularly unravelling at an awkward neighbourhood drinks party - remains a pinnacle of British theatre. Here is the original script, complete with a new introduction by Mike Leigh describing the play’s unlikely genesis, how it came to be m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241309483 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241309484 |
| Author: | Mike Leigh |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Edition: | 40th |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 67g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 5mm |
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A deep, dark, moving and beautifully-observed period piece.– Guardian
A deep, dark, moving and beautifully-observed period piece. * Guardian *
About The Author
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, at Camberwell and Central Art Schools in London, and at the London Film School. He has written and directed over twenty stage plays. These include Abigail’s Party and Grief (2011). His first feature film was Bleak Moments (1971). Other feature films are High Hopes (1988), Life Is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All Or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Another Year (2010) and Mr. Turner (2014).
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