Swansea Boy (Paperback)

Sean Mathias

ISBN 10: 1911501267 / ISBN 13: 9781911501268

Published by Aurora Metro Publications, Twickenham, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. Swansea Boy is a coming-of-age play of deep humanity, gentle humour, and unwavering compassion. In 1980s Swansea, a young man discovers his sexuality and finds the courage to tell his parents that he is gay. While finding his way as an artist in London, he reconnects with a young man who becomes the love of his life, only to face heartbreak and loss when he discovers his partner has contracted AIDS.The play moves from Swansea in Wales to London, England to Morocco where the lovers go to be together until the end. In 1980s Swansea, a young man finds the courage to tell his parents that he is gay, and later faces heartbreak when his lover contracts AIDS. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swansea Boy (Paperback)
• Publisher: Aurora Metro Publications, Twickenham
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911501267
• ISBN 13: 9781911501268
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Swansea Boy is a coming-of-age play of deep humanity, gentle humour, and unwavering compassion. In 1980s Swansea, a young man discovers his sexuality and finds the courage to tell his parents that he is gay. While finding his way as an artist in London, he reconnects with a young man who becomes the love of his life, only to face heartbreak and loss when he discovers his partner has contracted AIDS.

About the Author

Sean Mathias is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning director of theatre and film. He has worked extensively at the National Theatre, in the West End, and on Broadway, as well as in theatres across the United States, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and New Zealand. Sean has directed two feature films, Bent and, more recently, Hamlet. He also directed two productions for NT Live, including Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land. In addition to directing, Sean wrote the ground-breaking BBC film The Lost Language of Cranes and is the author of several plays, including his Swansea-based work A Prayer for Wings. His play Swansea Boy, which he first workshopped 35 years ago at the National Theatre Studio, is now receiving its long-awaited debut production. Sean lives on the Gower Coast with his partner, Paul, and their three dogs.