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Plays : one
（Methuen's world dramatists series）
Methuen Drama, 1991
Newly rev. and introduced by the author
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Contents of Works
- A Day in the death of Joe Egg
- The National health
- Forget-me-not Lane
- Hearts and flowers
- The Freeway
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A rich selection from the best of Nichols' work up to and including his award-winning Privates on Parade A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is based on the author's experience of having a mentally handicapped child and won the John Whiting Award; The National Health was commissioned by Kenneth Tynan for the National theatre and follows the story of a Labour MP who goes into a state hospital suffering from a nervous collapse. It won the Evening Standard Best Play Award; Forget-me-not Lane is a trip down memory lane from the author's own childhood growing up in the West Country; Hearts and Flowers is a TV play about the rivalry between two brothers, one a school teacher living in Bristol the other a successful news journalist and their shared interest in a woman; Freeway is set in a traffic jam and attempts to answer the question of why the automobile has come to be seen to represent liberty incarnate in the modern era.
Table of Contents
- Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- The National Health
- Hearts and Flowers
- The Freeway
- Forget-me-not Lane
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