The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice

Name: The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780413671301
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By Jim Cartwright

Series: Modern Plays

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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a unique blend of comedy and drama, telling a northern showbiz fairytale and backstreet Cinderella story. Author Jim Cartwright crafts a world filled with playful magic and unexpected views, capturing the grit and poetry of everyday life with vivid imagery and sharp humour.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, especially those who enjoy sharp observational writing, theatrical storytelling, and northern English settings packed with wit and emotion.

Follows the fortunes of a young singer who escapes the clutches of her mother and manager to find her true "voice". This play by Jim Cartwright, author of "Road", premiered at the Royal National Theatre in June 1992, directed by Sam Mendes and produced by Michael Codron.

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Winner of the 1992 Evening Standard Best Comedy Award and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Comedy, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a cracker, original, hilarious and hauntingly sad (Daily Telegraph).

"Like everything Cartwright writes, Little Voice is playful, magical and terrifying, a view of the world from an unexpected angle, perpetrated by an imagination that notices the dust in the grooves of old records and finds poetry in garish, swanky clothes or the glitterball of a rowdy northern club" (Sunday Times).

"A northern showbiz fairytale, a backstreet Cinderella story, with a built-in kick" (Guardian).

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Praised as "a cracker, original, hilarious and hauntingly sad" (Daily Telegraph), this award-winning play is renowned for its magical, terrifying view of the world and striking northern charm. The Scotsman highlights Cartwright as a 'hard-edged Northern poet,' while the Guardian calls it 'a northern showbiz fairytale with a built-in kick.'

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413671301

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 1992

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 122.0mm

Height: 202.0mm

Weight: 134g

Pages: 108

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About the Author

Jim Cartwright is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed playwright and screenwriter. His plays are consistently in production, have been translated into over 35 languages, and have been performed in most major theatres of the world, including the West End of London, Royal Court, National Theatre and Broadway. His theatre works include, amongst many others, Road, Bed, Two, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and Mobile Phone Show. His extensive television and film work includes Road, Johnny Shakespeare, Vroom, Wedded, and King of the Teds.