Book description
'I missed first time. I could feel his skull caving in. It was like a
shell.' Morning - a play for young people - is the latest offering from
acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens, written after a workshop involving
actors from the Young Company at the Lyric, Hammersmith and the Theater,
Basel, Switzerland. It's the end of summer in a small, claustrophobic
town and two friends are about to go their separate ways: one to
university; the other will be staying local. But no matter what
separates them, they will always share one moment: a moment that changed
them forever. This dark coming-of-age play, to be performed by the Lyric
Young Company, is a disturbing look at the cruel acts we are capable of
committing; our society's numbness to physical pain; and the
consequences of our actions. This programme text will coincide with the
Lyric's production of the play at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh as
part of the Festival (2 - 22nd September) followed by a brief run at the
Lyric Hammersmith, London in September. A brilliant writer of immense
imagination with an acute observation of people's foibles Independent
[A] dark, beautiful, intricately layered work Lyn Gardner on Country
Music, The Guardian Simon Stephens's marvellous and moving new play
lasts for little more than an hour but feels like an epic. Charles
Spencer on 'Country Music', The Daily Telegraph Simon Stephens has
been the recipient of both the Pearson Award for Best New Play 2001-2
for his play Port, and the Olivier Award for Best New Play 2005 for On
the Shore of the Wide World. His recent plays include Harper Regan
(National Theatre), Punk Rock (Lyric Hammersmith/Royal Exchange,
Manchester), Pornography (Traverse and Birmingham Rep), Wastwater (Royal
Court and Wiener Festwochen), The Trial of Ubu (Hampstead Theatre) and
Three Kingdoms (Lyric Hammersmith).
