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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-100413773116
ISBN-139780413773111
eBay Product ID (ePID)30251502
Product Key Features
Book TitlePort
Number of Pages120 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2002
GenreDrama
AuthorSimon Stephens
Book SeriesModern Plays Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-427621
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal822/.914
SynopsisI see you in the morning, on the first morning I stayed over at your house. Waking up. Watching you lying asleep next to me. You looked, you looked. It was like. I think about that more than you probably think I do. Stockport 1988-2002. Racheal Keats is growing up in a town she doesn't like with a family in tatters and a future she cannot picture. As those she loves begin to let her down or leave her behind, can Rachel find the strength to make her own way in the world? Port premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, in November 2002. It was later staged in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre, opening in January 2013. Both productions were by Marianne Elliott., ''A major new voice in British theatre' (Scotsman) Stockport 1988-2002. Rachel Keats is growing up in town she doesn't like. Abandoned by her mother, her family life is torn to tatters as she is left to bring up her younger brother, who, increasingly is drawn to the excitement out on the streets. When her new partner starts to abuse her, and those she loves leave her behind, will she stay or will she find the strength to make her own way in the world? Praise for Herons: 'filled with a sense of life's miraculous potential. It deals with damaged characters yet is imbued with a poetic lyricism' (Guardian) Port is published to tie in with the production at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in November 2002. Simon Stephens is presently writer-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre, London.'', Rachel Keats is growing up in a town she doesn't like. Abandoned by her mother, she is left to bring up her younger brother. When her new partner starts to abuse her, and those she loves leave her behind, will she stay or will she find the strength to make her own way in the world?