The Long Road
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The Long Road

  1. 80 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

The Long Road

About this book

After a sell-out run earlier this year, this topical and powerful play returns to Soho Theatre.
A programme text edition published in conjunction with The Synergy
Theatre Project in association with The Forgiveness Project and Soho
Theatre, The Long Road runs from 10 - 29 November 2008. 'Mary wants us to talk about the girl that killed our son. I want to wipe her off the face of the earth'
In the aftermath of Danny's pointless murder, his family struggles to find meaning and forgiveness. The Long Road evolved out of a period of research with
prisoners by Synergy Theatre Project, in collaboration with The
Forgiveness Project and award-winning playwright Shelagh Stephenson.
Synergy Theatre Project works through theatre with
offenders and ex-offenders towards resettlement and rehabilitation
whilst placing the wider issues surrounding imprisonment in the public
arena. The Forgiveness Project encourages and empowers people to explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge. 'It is a rare play that hits the news with such cruel
topicality... Stephenson offers a powerful, illuminating piece of
dramatic fiction' Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard
'Rare and remarkable... this is a drama that cries out for attention - and richly rewards it' The Telegraph

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Information

Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781408113905
eBook ISBN
9781408141267
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Drama
Index
Literature
Joe 
We 
asked 
a 
doctor 
–
Mary 
Who 
knew 
these 
things 
–
John 
Would 
it 
have 
hurt 
him? 
Joe 
Would 
he 
feel 
any 
pain?
Mary 
He 
shook 
his 
head.
John 
But 
how 
would 
he 
know?
Joe 
He’d 
never 
been 
stabbed 
through 
the 
heart.
Mary 
He 
said 
adrenalin 
kicks 
in.
John 
Fight 
or 
flight. 
A 
huge 
surge 
of 
hormones.
Joe 
He 
said 
an 
antelope 
felled 
by 
a 
tiger 
doesn’t 
feel 
pain.
Mary 
Feels 
calm, 
in 
fact.
John 
Dreamy.
Joe 
Like 
slipping 
into 
a 
warm 
bath.
Mary 
A 
moment 
of 
fear, 
then 
a 
cocoon 
of 
relief.
John 
Acceptance.
Joe 
Something 
about 
endorphins.
Mary 
I 
said 
this 
is 
all 
well 
and 
good
– 
John 
We
realise 
you’re 
trying 
to 
be 
helpful.
Joe 
But 
Dan 
wasn’t 
a 
fucking 
antelope.
Blackout.
Light 
on 
Mary
and 
Joe
. 
Mary
is 
reading 
a 
newspaper.
Mary 
Have 
you 
seen 
this?
Joe 
What?
Mary 
It’s 
her.
8
The 
Long 
Road

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Characters
  6. Methuen Drama Modern Plays
  7. Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists
  8. Methuen Drama World Classics