{"product_id":"morgan-lloyd-malcolm-plays-1-by-morgan-lloyd-malcolm-9781350424326","title":"Morgan Lloyd Malcolm: Plays 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her first collection of plays, Olivier award-winning playwright and screenwriter Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's talent for writing complex female characters is on dazzling display.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelongings (2011): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Malcolm’s writing is sharp and witty but also very powerful in places. Her use of humour can be shocking but it helps to balance out the weighty issues being explored: guilt, gender and family politics, sex as both a commodity and a weapon. Touching, funny and brutal, this is – on many levels – an impressive first work.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Exeunt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wasp (2015): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s two-hander is sprung like a bear trap, a play with very sharp teeth.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - The Stage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMum (2021):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Lloyd Malcolm, who resurrected a 17th-century feminist poet for her riotous 2018 hit Emilia, here spills the dark side of modern maternity: exhausted anxiety, love-hate co-dependency, what happens when your very worst fears come true.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen The Long Trick's Over (2022):\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Grief can feel like drowning. And in Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s play about a swimmer with the challenge to cross the Channel, it is voluminous.\"\u003c\/i\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Passenger (2021): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOriginally commissioned and produced by Shakespeare's Globe, this piece recounts the experience of the author's childhood terrors. A shadowy figure who follows. Has it followed us here? How will she escape him? \u003c\/i\u003eThe Passenger\u003ci\u003e was staged as a part of the first Terrifying Women showcase at the Golden Goose Theatre, London, in October 2021.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorgan Lloyd Malcolm's\u003c\/i\u003e play \u003ci\u003eEmilia\u003c\/i\u003e became a hit show in summer 2018 before transferring to the West End in 2019, winning three Olivier awards. Her adaptation of her play \u003ci\u003eThe Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e completed filming at the end of 2022 starring Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer and directed by Guillem Morales. Her play \u003ci\u003eBelongings\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Charles Wintour Most Promising Playwright Award. She formed Terrifying Women with Abi Zakarian, Sampira and Amanda Castro in 2021 with an aim to producing more horror in theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597206929644,"sku":"9781350424326","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2b0fb1e421fc1c1e8c5eec8707f774a1.jpg?v=1777954763","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/morgan-lloyd-malcolm-plays-1-by-morgan-lloyd-malcolm-9781350424326","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}