Book description
"'Qualms?' Oh yeah, sure, I have 'qualms'. Everybody has qualms.
But I'll overcome them." To his family's horror, Ned reveals he's
the brains behind a new military technology so sophisticated, so
extraordinary, it will revolutionise the nature of warfare. It's only
when the Ministry of Defence demands intellectual ownership that Ned
begins to question himself, resisting the might of the weapons industry
with frightening consequences. Landscape with Weapon is a wry account of
private anguish, public responsibility and a problem with no solution.
The play premiered at the National Theatre on 20 March 2007. Joe
Penhall's previous work for the National Theatre, Blue/Orange, was the
winner of the Olivier Awards Best Play (2001), the Evening Standard
Award Best Play (2000), and the Critics Circle Award Best Play (2000).
Award-winning writer Joe Penhall was described by The Financial Times as
'one of the finest playwrights of his generation.' His debut at the
Royal Court, Some Voices, won the John Whiting Award for best new play.
His National Theatre play Blue/Orange won an Olivier Award, an Evening
Standard Award and the Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Joe wrote and
produced the BAFTA winning BBC serial Moses Jones and his feature film
of Some Voices starred Daniel Craig and premiered in competition at the
Cannes Film festival . This was followed by Enduring Love, also starring
Daniel Craig, based on Ian McEwan's novel; and his adaptation of Cormac
McCarthy's novel, The Road, starring Charlize Theron and Viggo
Mortensen, which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival in
2009.
