{"product_id":"death-of-england-closing-time-paperback","title":"Death of England: Closing Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClint Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook at it Carly, look at our dream.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo one's happy Denise.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are two sides to every story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrieving the loss of the family shop and their dreams destroyed, Denise and daughter-in-law Carly are left to pick up the pieces of their relatives' mistakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill all be forgiven? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJo Martin (\u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e) and Hayley Squires (\u003ci\u003eI, Daniel Blake\u003c\/i\u003e) play Denise and Carly in this thought-provoking drama that explores family dynamics, race, colonialism and cancel culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClint Dyer (\u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e) and Roy Williams (\u003ci\u003eSucker Punch\u003c\/i\u003e) reunite to write this powerful new play, the final, standalone chapter of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eDeath of England\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre, London, in September 2023.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy Williams\u003c\/b\u003e, OBE, graduated from Rose Bruford in 1995 with a first class BA Hons degree in Writing. The \u003ci\u003eNo Boys Cricket Club\u003c\/i\u003e (Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 1996) won him nominations for the TAPS Writer of the Year Award 1996 and for New Writer of the Year Award 1996 by the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. He was the first recipient of the Alfred Fagon Award 1997 for \u003ci\u003eStarstruck \u003c\/i\u003e(Tricycle Theatre, London, 1998), which also won the 31st John Whiting Award and the EMMA Award 1999. \u003ci\u003eLift Off\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 1999) was the joint winner of the George Devine Award 2000. His other theatre credits include \u003ci\u003eClubland \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 2001), for which Roy won the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for the Most Promising Playwright; \u003ci\u003eSing Yer Heart Out for the Lads\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 2002, 2004); \u003ci\u003eSucker Punch\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court, 2010). His screenplays include \u003ci\u003eOffside\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a BAFTA for Best Schools Drama 2002. He was awarded the OBE for Services to Drama in the 2008 Birthday Honours List. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClint Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e: On stage he has worked with heralded directors like Mike Leigh, Simon Mcburney, Dominic Cooke, Micheal Attenbourgh, Jane Howel, Ian Brown, Mike Bradwell, Madani Yohonis, Gbolahan Obesisan, Dawn Walton, and the legendary Philip Hedley, etc. He starred on stage in the National Theatres Oliver winning show \u003ci\u003eMa Rainey's Black Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e directed by Dominic Cook, for which he won best actor in the I.A.R.Awards. Clint won Best actor at the British Urban Film Awards, Screen Nation Film and Television Awards, Liege International Film Festival and The Texas Black Film Festival for 'SUS' . He was also nominated for the Independent Spirit Award at the Screen Nation Film and Television Awards for 'SUS'. Clint directed the Olivier, Evening Standard, TMA and What's On Theatre Goers, nominated show 'THE BIG LIFE', at TRSE, bringing it to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue, makingmit the first Black British musical to go the West End. Also the soon to be seen 'The Happy Tragedy Of Being Woke' which Clint has written and will co-direct with Simon Mcburney for Complicite. Alongside this he is currently development with the BFI on a Raquel Delahay script called 'Ciara'. As a writer, Clint is under commission with BBC Films, Theatre Royal Stratford East and The Royal National Theatre.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779729096992,"sku":"9781350448827","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dbdb904f21b14a4c287f027f9e9c15b3.webp?v=1780519093","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-of-england-closing-time-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}