The Great Wave

by Francis Turnly

Overview

On a Japanese beach, teenage sisters Hanako and Reiko are caught up in a storm. Reiko survives while Hanako is lost to the sea. Their mother, however, can't shake the feeling her missing daughter is still alive, and soon family tragedy takes on a global political dimension.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350076273
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/18/2018
Series:	Modern Plays
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Francis Turnly is a playwright, radio dramatist and screenwriter. His stage plays have been produced at numerous theatres including the Birmingham Rep (A Samurai in Soho), Watford Palace and Finborough Theatre (Harajuku Girls). His work has been included on schemes such as the National Theatre's Directors Week, Moonstone, and “the 50” (collaboration between BBC Drama and Royal Court). He has written several afternoon plays including Hinterland for BBC Radio 4. Francis was a winner of a Channel 4 playwright bursary in 2015 and as a result was writer in resident at the Tricycle Theatre in 2016, culminating in him winning the Catherine Johnson Award. His play, The Great Wave, will be co-produced by the National Theatre and the Tricycle in 2018. He is developing several ideas for television, including a series treatment with World Productions
Francis Turnly is a playwright, radio dramatist and screenwriter. He has written several plays for Radio 4 and his stage plays have been produced at numerous theatres across the UK and Ireland. He was a winner of a Channel 4 playwright bursary in 2015 and as a result was Playwright in Residence at the Kiln (then Tricycle) Theatre which culminated in him winning the Catherine Johnson Best Play Award in 2016 for his play The Great Wave which premiered at the National Theatre in 2018.

Table of Contents

Chronology

COMMENTARY

Playwright: overview
Context
Themes
Characters
Dramatic Devices, Ethnicity, Culture and Language
Design Opportunities and Choices

THE GREAT WAVE

Notes to the play

Editorial Reviews

Turbanly's strength lies in his ability to tell a fascinating story ... It draws one's rapt attention to a scandal that long obsessed the people of Japan.” —Guardian

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