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The Witness

The Witness

$23.99

ISBN: 9781848422506
Author: By Vivienne Franzmann
Publication Date: 31/05/2012
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Extent: 112pp.
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SKU: BK2403 Categories: Drama, Full-length, Multicultural themes, Nick Hern Books, Plays, Political / social themes, Significant female role/s Tag: Nick Hern Books
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A dark and penetrating thriller of modern morals.

Captured in an award-winning shot, Alex was rescued from Rwanda and adopted by the man behind the lens. Years later, she’s back from university, returning to the Hampstead home in which she was raised. As a long-hidden secret is exposed, the distance between father and daughter stretches taut.

Vivienne Franzmann’s play The Witness was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, in June 2012.

‘If there is a finer new play than The Witness this year, I’ll be astonished’
— Evening Standard

‘Powerful, original and deeply moving’
— The Telegraph

‘A marvellous piece of writing, delivered with quiet intensity and not an atom overdone’
— Financial Times

‘A play whose depth, compassion and courage eclipses by far the success of her Bruntwood-winning Mogadishu… triumphant’
— The Times

‘Clever, gripping… noble, inventive’
— Daily Mail

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