Things I Know To Be True

by Andrew Bovell

Overview

A complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family – and a marriage – through the eyes of four siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations.

Bob and Fran have worked hard to give their four children the opportunities they never had. Now, with the kids ready to make lives of their own, it's time to sit back and smell the roses. But the change of the seasons reveals some shattering truths, leaving us asking whether it's possible to love too much.

Andrew Bovell's beautifully touching, funny and bold play Things I Know To Be True was premiered in Adelaide, Australia, as a co-production between Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of South Australia. It received its British premiere in 2016, co-produced with Warwick Arts Centre in association with Chichester Festival Theatre and the Lyric Hammersmith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780018201
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	09/08/2016
Series:	NHB Modern Plays
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Andrew Bovell is a critically acclaimed Australian playwright and screenwriter.

His theatre credits include Things I Know To Be True (Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, 2016); The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, 2013 Sydney Festival and 2016 national tour, winner of six Helpmann Awards including Best Play, as well as Best New Work Sydney Theatre Awards); When the Rain Stops Falling (Brink Production/State Theatre Company, 2008 Adelaide Festival, Almeida Theatre, Lincoln Centre NYC, winner of five Lucille Lortell Awards). Earlier works include Speaking in Tongues and Holy Day.

Film credits include Strictly Ballroom, A Most Wanted Man, Edge of Darkness, Blessed, Lantana, and Head On.

 Andrew Bovell is a critically acclaimed Australian playwright and screenwriter.  

 His theatre credits include Things I Know To Be True (Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of South Australia, 2016);   The Secret River  (Sydney Theatre Company, 2013 Sydney Festival and 2016 national tour, winner of six Helpmann Awards including Best Play, as well as Best New Work Sydney Theatre Awards);   When the Rain Stops Falling  (Brink Production/State Theatre Company, 2008 Adelaide Festival, Almeida Theatre, Lincoln Centre NYC, winner of five Lucille Lortell Awards). Earlier works include   Speaking in Tongues  and   Holy Day.  

 Film credits include   Strictly Ballroom ,   A Most Wanted Man ,   Edge of Darkness ,   Blessed, Lantana , and   Head On .  

Author photo by Stephen Butler