This volume brings together two plays of unbearable love and brutality by the winner of the 1994 George Devine and Verity Bargate awardsBruises: Beyond the windows of a South Coast boarding house lies a world of violence and pain, a world where a father is passing an inheritance of drunken cruelty onto his son.The Shorewatcher's House: A coastal village. A nuclear power station on the horizon. Three entangled lovers obsessed by fear of destruction play out their fantasies of breaking free.

Bruises & The Shore Watchers Hous (Modern Plays)

Literature & Fiction

Upton, Judy

Dramas & Plays

Methuen Drama

"Judy Upton's a playful writer who likes nothing better than to upset expectations" IndependentAshes and Sand: "Searing, brutal...Judy Upton's vicious little hand grenade of a play explodes onto the stage...her writing blazes with anger about the waste of a generation with no hopes" Independent"Sunspots confirms Upton as one of the most promising writers working in London at present" What's OnPeople on the River: "A skilfully written and entertainingly hard-nosed look at the victim culture of tabloid telly" Time OutStealing Souls: "The writing is diamond hard, slippery and clear like thin ice covering a particularly murky pond" GuardianKnow Your Rights: "A moving and accomplished piece...Upton's play can dispense with arguments and right-on statements because in creating characters she develops situation." The Times

Upton Plays: 1

Upton's a playful writer who likes nothing better than to upset expectationsJoin the schemers and the dreamer on the English seafront, as another summer season begins. There's serious money to be made. Amongst the paint-peeling kiosks on the prom, Ella arrives like an erotic whilrwind, hell-bent on secruing the elusive jackpot and a ticket to Hollywood. But everyone else is raising their game too and, as events race towards an explosive conclusion, a pet hamster lies frozen amongst the melting Mivvis.

Confidence (Modern Plays)

Humor & Entertainment

Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home. In these pages on the South Coast, you'll find two unique tales. 'Margate Calling' is an intimate, honest and inspiring account of living in Margate by award-winning BBC broadcaster Gemma Cairney. 'Maisie and Mrs Webster' is a bold, fiercely funny and deeply moving piece of fiction about an obese young woman who is confined to her bed and longs to see the sea, by Brighton-based playwright Judy Upton.

Hometown Tales: South Coast

Biographies & Memoirs

Cairney, Gemma

Arts & Literature

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

Sniff Them Out, Brownlow! (A Brownlow Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Hobart Books

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