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1989 | Most Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle Awards
1989 | Most Promising Playwright, Evening Standard Awards
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About the Book

A comedy of manners about the property market. Four people live together in a large old house in London. They include Sherry, a wacky girl trying to make it as a comedienne; Paul, a pop music journalist; Paul's girlfriend Marion; and Howard, who is writing a left-wing analysis of the corruption of capitalism under the Thatcher government. They all are perfectly content living where they are; until, that is, a developer offers them a huge sum of money to vacate. Soon, their talk about music and idealism gives way to heated discussions about real estate, capital appreciation and negotiating tactics. They decide that they can force the developer to raise his offer by renovating the house; and three years of this leave them with a huge capital gain, and a deep spiritual loss. Stephen Jeffreys' play Valued Friends was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 1989. Jeffreys was named Most Promising Playwright at both the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards that year.  

About the Author :
Stephen Jeffreys (1950-2018) was a British playwright and a key figure at the Royal Court Theatre, London, where he was Literary Associate for eleven years, then a member of its Council. His celebrated playwriting workshops have influenced many writers, and are distilled in his book, Playwriting: Structure, Character, How and What to Write, published posthumously in 2019. Jeffreys' plays include The Libertine and I Just Stopped By to See the Man (Royal Court); Valued Friends and A Going Concern (Hampstead); Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad (part of the Tricycle Theatre’s Great Game season about Afghanistan); The Convicts’ Opera (Out of Joint); Lost Land (starring John Malkovich, Steppenwolf, Chicago); The Art of War (Sydney Theatre Company) and A Jovial Crew (RSC). His adaptation of Dickens’ Hard Times has been performed all over the world. He wrote the films The Libertine (starring Johnny Depp) and Diana (starring Naomi Watts). He co-authored the Beatles musical Backbeat which opened at the Citizens Theatre and went on to seasons in London’s West End, Toronto and Los Angeles. He translated The Magic Flute for English National Opera in Simon McBurney’s production. His plays are published by Nick Hern Books.

Review :
'Cannily constructed... subtle writing... hits a nerve' 'A caustic commentary on Thatcher's Britain and the explosion of property prices... Jeffreys has captured a time of huge social and economic change where greed is good, even if it leaves you emotionally empty'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781788500838
  • Publisher: Nick Hern Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Nick Hern Books
  • Edition: Digital original
  • No of Pages: 87
  • ISBN-10: 1788500830
  • Publisher Date: 02 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: NHB Modern Plays


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