Elephants

by Rose Heiney

Overview

Rose Heiney's debut play Elephants is a sharp black comedy with a tender heart that explores the paths we take in life and their repercussions on the people we love most.

5.53 p.m. Christmas Eve. Richard and Sally are waiting for their friends and family to join in the festivities – the tree is decorated, the wine is mulling, the presents are wrapped. But behind this shiny façade, nothing is quite right – and as cracks start appearing, attempts to paper over them make for an explosive evening of revelations and dark secrets exposed.

Elephants premiered at Hampstead Downstairs in December 2014 in a production directed by Tamara Harvey.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780015545
Publisher:	Hern, Nick Books
Publication date:	01/05/2015
Series:	NHB Modern Plays
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	965 KB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Rose Heiney is a screenwriter, novelist and playwright. Her first novel, The Days of Judy B, was published in 2008. Since then, she has worked primarily as a writer for television. Her first play, Elephants, was produced at Hampstead Theatre in 2014.

Rose Heiney is a screenwriter, novelist and playwright. Her stage plays include Original Death Rabbit (Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2019) and Elephants (Hampstead Theatre, 2014).

She has developed original comedy projects for television with Objective Productions and the BBC, as well as writing on shows such as Miranda and Fresh Meat.

She has written regularly for radio. Her first radio play Home Alone transmitted in spring 2013 starring Daisy Haggard. An earlier version of Original Death Rabbit was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016 starring Jessie Cave.

Her first novel, The Days of Judy B, was published in 2008 and was nominated for The Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough Award.