Synopsis
The Pride
$14.99 Published by Nick Hern Books
2 Male 1 Female
Most Promising Playwright, Critics Circle Awards 2008
Whiting Award 2009
A debut play about sexuality, intimacy, identity and the courage it takes to be who you really are
Alternating between 1958 and 2008, The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality across half a century
The 1958 Philip is in love with Oliver, but married to Sylvia
The 2008 Oliver is addicted to sex with strangers
Sylvia loves them both
REVIEWS
" ... ingenious and imaginative ... unerringly captures the 1950s mood and its cruel, homophobic spirit" ~ London Evening Standard
" ... a remarkable debut from a daring dramatist" ~ Telegraph