The Dark

The Dark

by Charlotte Jones (Author)

Synopsis

John lives with his elderly mother and is helping the police with their enquiries. Brian and Janet's teenage son only talks to strangers. Barnaby and Louisa feel unable to give their new baby a name. Three households live side by side in isolation. Then the lights go out . . . The Dark by Charlotte Jones premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in March 2003.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 18 Mar 2004

ISBN 10: 0571224342
ISBN 13: 9780571224340
Book Overview: The Dark by Charlotte Jones premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in March 2003.

Author Bio
Charlotte Jones's first play Airswimming premiered at the Battersea Arts Centre, London and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4. In Flame premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1999 and was revived at the New Ambassadors, London, in September 2000. Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis premiered at the Bolton Octagon in 1999 and transferred to the Liverpool Everyman in May of that year. It won the Manchester Evening News Best Play Award and the Pearson Television Best Play Award of 1999. Charlotte Jones won the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2000 for In Flame and Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis. Humble Boy was awarded the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, 2001, the Critics' Circle Best New Play Award, 2002, and the People's Choice Best New Play Award, 2002. The Dark premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2003, and in 2004 she wrote the book for the musical of The Woman in White (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel), which ran in the West End and on Broadway. The Lightning Play was first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2006.