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Chimerica Out of print Edition
Author(s): Lucy Kirkwood (Author)
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 16 May 2013
- Edition: Out of print
- Language: English
- Print length: 144 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848423209
- ISBN-13: 9781848423206
Book Description
A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West.
Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe – a young American photojournalist – captures a piece of history.
New York, 2012. Joe is covering a presidential election, marred by debate over cheap labour and the outsourcing of American jobs to Chinese factories. When a cryptic message is left in a Beijing newspaper, Joe is driven to discover the truth behind the unknown hero he captured on film. Who was he? What happened to him? And could he still be alive?
A gripping political examination and an engaging personal drama, Chimerica examines the changing fortunes of two countries whose futures will shape the whole world.
Editorial Reviews
Review
An important, far-reaching drama… Takes a real, momentous historical event and creates an absolutely riveting dramatic speculation from it. FIVE STARS. –The Stage
A triumph of storytelling first and foremost. It’s a gripping, multilayered and meticulously researched thriller. FIVE STARS –Time Out
A hugely entertaining and at times deeply affecting play. I cannot recommend it too highly. FIVE STARS.– Telegraph
This gloriously rich, mind-expanding three-hour play…. If we see a better play this year we’ll be extremely lucky. FIVE STARS. –Guardian
About the Author
Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Human Body (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2024); Rapture (promoted as That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022); The Welkin (National Theatre, London 2020); Mosquitoes (National Theatre, 2017); The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica Out of print Edition (Almeida Theatre & West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2013 Evening Standard Best Play Award, the 2014 Critics’ Circle Best New Play Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award); NSFW (Royal Court, 2012); small hours (co-written with Ed Hime; Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Beauty and the Beast (with Katie Mitchell; National Theatre, 2010); Bloody Wimmin, as part of Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, 2010); it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Clean Break & Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the 2012 John Whiting Award); Hedda (Gate Theatre, London, 2008); and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008).
She won the inaugural Berwin Lee UK Playwrights Award in 2013.
