That Face

Stenham, Polly

ISBN 10: 0571244211 / ISBN 13: 9780571244218

Published by Faber & Faber, Limited, 2008

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Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: That Face
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, Limited
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571244211
• ISBN 13: 9780571244218
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.176 pounds

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Synopsis

Written when Polly Stenham was nineteen years old, That Face is a savagely funny dissection of the lives of the rich, reissued in Faber Drama''s elegant new series design.

You’re shaking. It’s too much, isn’t it? You only like good clean torture.

Mia is at boarding school. She has access to drugs. They are Martha’s. Henry is preparing for art college. He has access to alcohol. From Martha. Martha controls their lives. Martha is their mother.

That Face premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, 2007, winning the TMA Award for Best New Play. Polly Stenham won the Charles Wintour Award and the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright.

''One of the most astonishing debuts I have seen in more than thirty years.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

''Polly Stenham is a modern successor to Tennessee Williams or Edward Albee . . . an intensely moving, skilfully crafted piece.'' DAILY EXPRESS

''Stenham’s god-given gift is an ability to communicate pain and longing.'' GUARDIAN

About the Author

Polly Stenham's plays include That Face (Royal Court and the Duke of York's), for which she was awarded the 2008 Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2007 and TMA Best New Play 2007. Also at the Royal Court: Tusk Tusk and No Quarter. Hotel premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2014.