The Herd (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Nick Hern Books, London, 2013
- Softcover
- New

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Paperback. A witty and heartfelt look at a family falling apart and pulling together when life doesnt turn out quite the way they imagined. Joint Winner of the Critics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award, 2013.It's Andy Griffith's twenty-first birthday. Not that he's counting. But his mother Carol is. Counting the minutes until he arrives, counting the unexpected guests, counting the times that something like this has happened before.Rory Kinnear's first play, The Herd was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in September 2013.'Remarkable. all the roles represent gifts for actors' Telegraph'An accomplished debut. a vivid and unsentimental portrait of domestic life, flecked with wry humour' Evening Standard'Grips like a vice' Whatsonstage.com'Witty, agonising and eye-opening. a weave of painful insights and playful humour' IndependentCritics' Circle Most Promising Playwright Award A witty and heartfelt play about a family falling apart and pulling together when life doesn't turn out quite the way they imagined. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Herd (Paperback)
- Author
- Rory Kinnear
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books, London
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1848423349
- ISBN 13
- 9781848423343
"A lively and moving comedy-drama... Mr. Kinnear writes witty but always natural dialogue that allows his themes to emerge organically... The Herd breathes with real, complicated life... Most remarkably, for all the sadness at its core, The Herd remains a buoyantly entertaining play." - New York Times
"A wise and truthful new play... The Herd does an awful lot really well... but it is rare indeed to find a contemporary play with such richly written roles for older characters." - Chicago Tribune
Acclaimed actor Rory Kinnear's debut play is a witty and heartfelt look at a family falling apart – and pulling together – when life doesn’t turn out quite the way they imagined.
It's Andy Griffith's twenty-first birthday. Not that he's counting. But his mother Carol is. Counting the minutes until he arrives, counting the unexpected guests, counting the times that something like this has happened before.
Rory Kinnear is an actor and playwright. He has played Hamlet and Iago at the National Theatre, Angelo in Measure for Measure at the Almeida, and Bolingbroke in Richard II for the BBC. The Herd is his first play.
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Review
"Remarkable... all the roles represent gifts for actors." - Telegraph
"An accomplished debut... a vivid and unsentimental portrait of domestic life, flecked with wry humour." - Evening Standard
"Grips like a vice." - Whatsonstage.com
"Witty, agonising and eye-opening... a weave of painful insights and playful humour." - Independent
"Remarkable... all the roles represent gifts for actors." - Telegraph
"An accomplished debut... a vivid and unsentimental portrait of domestic life, flecked with wry humour." - Evening Standard
"Grips like a vice." - Whatsonstage.com
"Witty, agonising and eye-opening... a weave of painful insights and playful humour." - Independent
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