Book description
'But that's what this is, isn't it? The ultimate bitch fight.' When
John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of
his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only
one way to straighten this out...Mike Bartlett's punchy new story takes
a playful, candid look at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that
arise when you realise you have a choice. With carefully poised
dialectics, Cock explores ambivalence in love and human nature through a
nexus of emotions, relations and choices. Stripping back the whole drama
to its essential language only, this is a masterpiece of strong
characters and well-crafted dialogue. Publication of this play coincided
with its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London in November
2009. Mike Barlett's debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him
hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge
in recent times'. He is a winner of the Old Vic New Voices Award for
Artefacts (Bush Theatre), and is currently participating in the
prestigious Pearson Playwrights Scheme. He won the Writer's Guild
Tinniswood and Imison prizes for his radio play, Not Talking.
