Butler Plays: 1 - Made of Stone; Redundant; Lucky Dog; The Early Bird - Leo Butler - Paperback Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC - 2008 - Engelsk -

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Butler Plays: 1 brings together into one volume four of themajor plays by this award-winning author. Praised for the gritty detailand realism of his work, Leo Butler has quietly established areputation in recent years as a potent and skilfull documenter ofcontemporary social and moral issues. Made of Stone produced in the Royal Court Young Writers'' Festival 2000, was praised for its ''rock-hard characterisation with buzzing dialogue'' (Evening Standard). In Redundant ''Butler boldly creates a psychologicallycomplex female lead, surrounding her with unjudged dead-beats, eachdistinctively vocalising caustic Sheffield Vernacular.'' (EveningStandard) Lucky Dog is a startlingly sensitive depiction of one couple''s relationship. Michael Billington commented, ''Iam still astonished by Butler''s profound understanding of maritalsolitude. Nothing much happens on the surface, yet underneath a lotgoes on as Sue and Eddie, a Sheffield couple in their late fifties,share a solitary Christmas.'' (Guardian) The Early Bird taps into the darkest fears of any parent -the disappearance of their child - to brilliantly capture the nightmareof recrimination and loss. It premiered at the Belfast Theatre Festivalin October 2006.