House of Agnes (Modern Plays) - Softcover

Addai, Levi David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408108348 ISBN 13: 9781408108345

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

House of Agnes is the second play by Levi Addai, described as 'an attractive new talent' by the Independent after his 2005 debut 93.2FM. The play is published as a programme text to coincide with the production by Paines Plough that opens at the Oval House, London in March 2008.

After forty years of building a home in London, Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. Her final wish is for her sons to live together under the same roof when she is gone.

But her eldest, Sol, is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes, and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her, and younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house - except share it with Sol.

As her departure draws closer, tensions in Agnes' house rise to breaking point. Will she trust her twenty-first century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes?

About this title

About the Author

Levi's first play, 93.2FM was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in 2005 and then revived in 2006 before touring to Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool and Brighton. The Royal Court will be producing his new play, Oxford Street, in May 2008.

Review

His gift for sparkling dialogue remains very much in evidence as does the compassion and humanity in his writing that made his first play so irresistibly appealing. The Times 'Levi David Addai has written a sparkling new comedy, 'House of Agnes', that gives the age-old theme of sibling rivalry a British-African makeover.' Tamara Gausi, Time Out London, 12.03.08 'Levi David Addai's sophisticated family drama ... displays a delight in the rhythms of the ordinary and a generous sense of humour.' Paul Arendt, Guardian, 13.03.08 'Levi David Addai has a simplicity, directness and openness of spirit that make him both a powerful and a heartening writer of personal dramas' Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times, 11.03.08 'In a play which is so rich with dialogue it seems somewhat ironic that I find myself at a loss for words in describing The House of Agnes. Brilliant simply does not seem to suffice' Rachel Sheridan, The British Theatre Guide, 11.03.08

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1408108348
• ISBN 13: 9781408108345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112