A rollicking tale of adventure set in early Victorian England, ranging from East End squalor to the Northern mills, and packing in an almost Dickensian gallery of characters.England 1837: a country in a state of turmoil. A young girl is propelled on a journey from the London slums to the servants' quarters of a great house, and from first love to murder.Jack Shepherd's play Holding Fire is a picaresque tale of tavern assemblies and prize fights, gin-palace communists and bullying do-gooders, industrialists and whores, bringing to life the violent times of early Victorian England.Holding Fire was first staged at Shakespeare's Globe, London, in Jully 2007.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2007-07-12
- Mått128 x 198 x 7 mm
- Vikt148 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieNHB Modern Plays
- Antal sidor128
- FörlagNick Hern Books
- ISBN9781854599988