{"product_id":"song-from-far-away-9781350414341","title":"Song from Far Away","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"t was then that I decided to write you these letters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne crisp winter day in New York, Willem receives a phone call - it's time to go home.\u003cbr\u003eHome to Amsterdam - to an estranged family and forgotten relationships. As he reflects on his life, unwilling to face the future, he finds himself reaching out to the brother he has lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised edition of Simon Stephens's landmark play, is published to coincide with the revival at HOME Manchester, February 2023, starring Will Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Stephens, Mark Eitzel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350414341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEitzel, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMark Eitzel\u003c\/b\u003e has released over 17 albums of original material with American Music Club and as a solo artist. The Guardian has called him \"America's greatest living lyricist,\" and Rolling Stone once gave him their Songwriter of the Year award. Born in California his family travelled to Okinawa, Taiwan and eventually to the UK where he spent his formative years. He eventually moved back to San Francisco and in 1983 formed AMC who released seven albums before breaking up in 1995. The band reunited in 2004 for two full-lengths, Love Songs for Patriots and The Golden Age. In April of 2012 while working on his last solo record, Eitzel suffered a heart attack which forced him to slow down and delayed the album's release. In 2015, he wrote music for Simon Stephens' Song from Far Away, (Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Young Vic; dir. Ivo Van Hove) his second collaboration with the English playwright following the Brighton based Marine Parade (Brighton Festival; dir. Jo McInnes). In 2017 Mark released 'Hey Mr Ferryman' which UNCUT magazine called \"Eitzel at his unflinching best\" and Q said \"Eitzel's best album in years\" with Spain's El Pais gave it new album of the week as did Rolling Stone Germany. Mark is again collaborating with Simon Stephens on a new musical 'Cornelia St' (Atlantic Theatre; dir. Neil Pepe) debuting Feb 2023 and also a solo album tentatively titled \"Fall Risk\" The American Music Club early back catalogue will be reissued as a box set at the end of 2023.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephens, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSimon Stephens\u003c\/b\u003e began his theatrical career in the literary department of the Royal Court Theatre, where he ran its Young Writers' Programme. His plays for theatre include \u003ci\u003eBluebird\u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre) \u003ci\u003eHerons\u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre, 2001); \u003ci\u003ePort \u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 2002); \u003ci\u003eOne Minute\u003c\/i\u003e (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2003 and Bush Theatre, London, 2004); \u003ci\u003eChristmas \u003c\/i\u003e(Bush Theatre, 2004); \u003ci\u003eCountry Music\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, 2004); \u003ci\u003eOn the Shore of the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Exchange Theatre and National Theatre, London, 2005); \u003ci\u003eMotortown\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2006); \u003ci\u003ePornography\u003c\/i\u003e(Tricycle Theatre, London, 2009);\u003ci\u003e Harper Regan\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 2008); \u003ci\u003eSea Wall\u003c\/i\u003e(Bush Theatre, 2009); \u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e(Traverse Theatre, 2009); \u003ci\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/i\u003e (Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2009); \u003ci\u003eThe Trial of Ubu\u003c\/i\u003e(Essen Schauspielhaus\/Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2010); \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e(co-written with David Eldridge and Robert Holman; Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2010); \u003ci\u003eWastwater\u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, 2011); \u003ci\u003eMorning\u003c\/i\u003e(Lyric Hammersmith, 2012); an adaptation of\u003ci\u003e A Doll's House (\u003c\/i\u003eYoung Vic, 2012); an adaptation of \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e (National Theatre, 2012); \u003ci\u003eBlindsided\u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Exchange, 2014); and \u003ci\u003eBirdland\u003c\/i\u003e(Royal Court, 2014). His radio plays include \u003ci\u003eFive Letters Home to Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC Radio 4, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eDigging\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC Radio 4, 2003). Awards include the Pearson Award for Best New Play, 2001, for \u003ci\u003e Port\u003c\/i\u003e; Olivier Award for Best New Play for \u003ci\u003eOn the Shore of the Wide World\u003c\/i\u003e, 2005; and for \u003ci\u003eMotortown\u003c\/i\u003eGerman critics in Theater Heute's annual poll voted him Best Foreign Playwright, 2007. His adaptation of \u003ci\u003eCurious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43201612677235,"sku":"9.78135E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_321614ca-5534-4752-b138-c5a9e9fe2249.jpg?v=1752839639","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/song-from-far-away-9781350414341","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}