Chimps (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Block, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854598775 ISBN 13: 9781854598776

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2005

Synopsis

A blisteringly funny black comedy about the perils awaiting any unsuspecting home-owner.

A young couple settling into their new home are visited by two door-to-door salesmen whose nightmare sales pitch threatens the very foundation of their life together.

Simon Block's play Chimps was first staged at Hampstead Theatre, London, in July 1997.

This revised edition of the play was published alongside the Liverpool Playhouse revival in 2005.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Block is a playwright and screenwriter. His work for theatre includes: Not a Game for Boys (Royal Court); Chimps, Hand in Hand and Everything is Illuminated (Hampstead Theatre); A Place at the Table (Bush Theatre); and 1/25th of the National Theatre Chain Play (National Theatre).

His work for television includes: North Square (Channel 4); Trust (BBC1); The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (Channel 4); Casualty 1909 (BBC1); The Eichmann Show (BBC 2); Home Fires (ITV).

Work for radio includes: Breathe In Breathe Out and The Pool (BBC Radio 4).

Edition details

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854598775
• ISBN 13: 9781854598776
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96