A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.
Ken is a vacuum cleaner salesman obsessed with the riddance of dirt and dust. Clare got rid of her baby twenty years before. Frank wants to rid himself of the shadow of his violent faith. So, is murder ever justified? In defence of a child? And if you're never caught, do you get away with it, or are you forever in hiding?
Linda McLean's play Riddance was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.
This edition of the play is in the Nick Hern Books Instant Playscript series - designed to reflect the immediacy of the play on the stage. Printed only a few days before opening night, the aim is to give audiences at the theatre and readers all over the world instant access to the best of current new writing as it hits the stage.
| ISBN: | 9781854594655 |
| Publication date: | 27th August 1999 |
| Author: | Linda McLean |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 84 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
A chilling emotional thriller about two men and a woman bound together by the secrets of surviving a childhood in a Glasgow tenement.
Ken is a vacuum cleaner salesman obsessed with the riddance of dirt and dust. Clare got rid of her baby twenty years before. Frank wants to rid himself of the shadow of his violent faith. So, is murder ever justified? In defence of a child? And if you're never caught, do you get away with it, or are you forever in hiding?
Linda McLean's play Riddance was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.
This edition of the play is in the Nick Hern Books Instant Playscript series - designed to reflect the immediacy of the play on the stage. Printed only a few days before opening night, the aim is to give audiences at the theatre and readers all over the world instant access to the best of current new writing as it hits the stage.
Riddance features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Riddance is available in Paperback
Riddance was written by Linda McLean and published by Nick Hern Books
Riddance has 84 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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