{"product_id":"the-initiate-nhb-modern-plays","title":"The Initiate (NHB Modern Plays)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA thrilling tale of altruism, greed, and the search for a way to belong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a British couple are seized by Somali pirates, an East London taxi driver decides to rescue them. Meeting disbelief with determination, he dismisses the fears of his wife and flies out to negotiate their release. Speeding from the banks of the Thames to the now unfamiliar world of his homeland, he confronts the family he left behind and the bravado of the defiant men he once called brothers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Initiate\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a production by Paines Plough, where it won a Fringe First Award, before touring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Wood\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include an adaptation of Jung Chang's \u003ci\u003eWild Swans\u003c\/i\u003e (ART\/Young Vic); \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Quarter\u003c\/i\u003e (Hampstead Theatre); \u003ci\u003eThe Centre\u003c\/i\u003e (Islington Community Theatre); \u003ci\u003eDecade\u003c\/i\u003e (co-writer, Headlong); \u003ci\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/i\u003e (Gate); \u003ci\u003eThe Lion's Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Rough Cuts); \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court) and the radio play \u003ci\u003eTwelve Years\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC Radio 4). She is a winner of the George Devine Award and was the Big Room Playwright-in-residence at Paines Plough in 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'a carefully wrought work which cleverly explores its themes... an unsettling, forthright piece of writing that will leave you thinking' - Time Out \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'wonderfully slippery and always intelligent... offers much to enjoy in its thriller-like structure' - Guardian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Drama, European\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781848424333\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nick Hern Books","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.00","offer_id":47917919338673,"sku":"SB-1848424337-C2","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1848424337.jpg?v=1789686433","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-initiate-nhb-modern-plays","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}