Birthday

by Joe Penhall

The birth of their daughter should be one of the happiest days of Ed and Lisa's life. An NHS maternity ward and their somewhat unusual circumstances make for an unsettling and satisfyingly comic sequence of events that tests their relationship to the core, and raises intrinsic questions about the nature of birth and renewal, fear and isolation.

Subverting the received gender roles to darkly comic and disturbing effect, the play charts Ed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408172917
• ISBN13: 9781408172919
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"