{"product_id":"the-lodger-paperback-7","title":"The Lodger - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Holman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSisters Dolly and Esther grow up in ultra-conservative Harrogate in the 1960s. Fifty years later, following the death of their mother, Dolly comes to stay with Esther - now a successful novelist and living in Little Venice with her younger, inscrutable lodger, Jude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three go to Norway to meet the rock-star grandfather Jude has only ever heard about. Instead, he meets Anila who changes his world. To make a new future, these four people will have to be honest, heal old wounds - and two sisters learn to laugh together again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/em\u003e by Robert Holman is an enlightening, cathartic and acerbic play about identity, maturity and reconciliation. It premiered at The Coronet Theatre, London, in September 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Holman\u003c\/b\u003e (1952-2021) was a British playwright whose work has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as in the West End and elsewhere. He is celebrated for the passionate humanity and quiet intensity of his plays, especially for his triptych of short plays, \u003cem\u003eMaking Noise Quietly\u003c\/em\u003e, which was first seen at the Bush Theatre, London, in 1986, and has since been revived and adapted as a film (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis plays include: \u003cem\u003eMud \u003c\/em\u003e(Royal Court Theatre, 1974); \u003cem\u003eGerman Skerries\u003c\/em\u003e (Bush Theatre, 1977, and revived at the Orange Tree Theatre, 2016); \u003cem\u003eRooting \u003c\/em\u003e(Traverse Theatre, 1979); \u003cem\u003eOther Worlds \u003c\/em\u003e(Royal Court Theatre, 1980); \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1984); \u003cem\u003eThe Overgrown Path\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, 1985); \u003cem\u003eMaking Noise Quietly\u003c\/em\u003e (Bush Theatre, 1987, and revived at the Donmar Warehouse, 2012); \u003cem\u003eAcross Oka\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1988); \u003cem\u003eRafts and Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Court Theatre, 1990); \u003cem\u003eBad Weather\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1998); \u003cem\u003eHoles in the Skin\u003c\/em\u003e (Chichester Festival Theatre, 2003); \u003cem\u003eJonah and Otto\u003c\/em\u003e (Royal Exchange Theatre, 2008, and revived at the Park Theatre, 2014); \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e, co-written with David Eldridge and Simon Stephens (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 2010); \u003cem\u003eA Breakfast of Eels\u003c\/em\u003e (Print Room at the Coronet, 2015); and \u003cem\u003eThe Lodger\u003c\/em\u003e (Coronet Theatre, London, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe also wrote a novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Amish Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 5 x 7.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735769255999,"sku":"9781839040382","price":38.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a8e52aaf2b12a761682866bb68e48c72.webp?v=1765144603","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-lodger-paperback-7","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}