The Fall (New Edition)

by James Fritz

Overview

Two teenagers sneak into an old man's home for a secret meeting. A young couple try to build their future whilst looking after an ailing parent. A care home offers its residents the opportunity to unburden their children.

The Fall was commissioned and premiered by the National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2016, and revived at Southwark Playhouse in 2018.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848427730
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	04/09/2019
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Fritz’s plays include Parliament Square (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and Bush Theatre, London, 2017); Start Swimming (Young Vic Taking Part, Edinburgh Fringe, 2017); The Fall (National Youth Theatre at the Finborough Theatre, London, 2016); Comment is Free (Old Vic New Voices, 2015; BBC Radio 4, 2016; winner of the Imison and Tinniswood Awards for audio drama, 2017); Ross & Rachel (MOTOR at Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2015; 59E59 Theaters, New York); Four Minutes Twelve Seconds(Hampstead Theatre, 2014; Most Promising Playwright, Critics' Circle Awards) and Lines(Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2011).

Editorial Reviews

"[A] short, sharp shock of a play... youth theatre at its most mature, and most dazzling." —Guardian

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