by Mike Bartlett (Author)
1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, one couple journeys forty-years from initial burst to full bloom. The play follows their idealistic teenage years in the 1960s to their stint as a married family unit before finally divorced and, although disintegrated, free from acrimony. Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against their parents' irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire attitude. This play by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Bartlett questions whether the baby boomer generation is to blame for the debt-ridden and adrift generation of their children, now adults but far from stable and settled.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 128
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 07 Oct 2010
ISBN 10: 1408140632
ISBN 13: 9781408140635
Book Overview: Published to coincide with its world premiere presented by Paines Plough and the Drum Theatre, directed by Artistic Director James Grieve and enjoying a national tour. Mike Barlett's debut, My Child (Royal Court, May 2007) saw him hailed by The Stage as 'one of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent times' and his latest play Cock won him an Olivier Award for outstanding achievement. Paines Plough is an award-winning, internationally renowned theatre company, specialising exclusively in new plays and helping playwrights develop their craft. It is now recognised as the leading new writing theatre company. Full theatre 2010 tour dates are: The Drum Theatre, Plymouth: 7 - 23 October; The Royal Exchange, Manchester: 26 October - 6 November; Theatre Royal Bath 9 - 20 November.