Morning
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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.
Product details

Published | 01 Aug 2012 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 64 |
ISBN | 9781408173398 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Series | Modern Plays |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A brilliant writer of immense imagination with an acute observation of people's foibles
Independent
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[A] dark, beautiful, intricately layered work
Lyn Gardner on Country Music, The Guardian
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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
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A shocking and savage play … all this is no joy to watch … but … utterly compelling … Morning shows us the world as it is, not how we fondly imagine it to be.
Lyn Gardner, Guardian
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Its power comes from its absolute authenticity … atmospheric and grimly compelling
Alice Jones, Independent
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Theatrically daring and uncompromising
Sarah Hemming, Financial Times