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The Night Watch (Modern Plays) Kindle Edition

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I thought everything would change, after the war. And now, no one even mentions it. It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don't mention that, like it never happened.

It's the late 1940s. Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war.

In scenes set in a quiet dating agency, a bombed-out church and a prison cell, the stories of these five lives begin to intertwine and we uncover the desire and regret that has bound them together.

Sarah Waters's story of illicit love and everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered post-war Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the secrets that are hidden there.

Olivier-nominated playwright Hattie Naylor has created a thrilling and theatrically inventive adaptation of a great modern novel.

The stage adaptation of
The Night Watch was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 2016.

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Hattie Naylor brings a modern adaptation of the French fable to the stage in order to question our current complicity with the objectification of women . . . poetic in style and well-executed ― Whatsonstage on "Bluebeard"

Hattie Naylor's writing beautifully conveys the incredible way the boy and dogs connected to each other ―
Daily Telegraph on "Ivan and the Dogs"

In Hattie Naylor’s text, the relationship between father and son shines so brightly . . . that it suffuses the whole play with a rich, glowing emotional depth ―
Scotsman on "Going Dark"

About the Author

Hattie Naylor has won several national and international awards for her plays and has had a number of her stories broadcast on Radio 4, including Mathilde, Solaris, J'Accuse and The Making of Ivan the Terrible. Theatre and opera work include Mother Savage for Travelling Light, the opera Odysseus Unwound for Tête à Tête, The Nutcracker for Theatre Royal Bath, Ivan and the Dogs for the Soho Theatre, Going Dark for Fuel and Bluebeard for Gallivant. She also teaches scriptwriting on the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

Sarah Waters (1966) is an acclaimed Welsh novelist, best known for writing historical fiction featuring lesbian protagonists. Inspired by her academic research into Victorian Britain, Waters s first novel, Tipping the Velvet (1998), was awarded the Betty Trask Award in 1999 and shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Her novels Fingersmith (2002) and The Night Watch (2006) have both been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize, with The Night Watch marking a departure from her typical Victorian era setting. Waters s other novels include: Affinity (1999), The Little Stranger (2009) and The Paying Guests (2014).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01GOPNWLI
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Methuen Drama; 1st edition (28 July 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1319 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 103 pages
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