{"product_id":"9781350547407","title":"Alistair McDowall Plays 2: X; The Glow; All of It; Northleigh 1940; Zero For the Young Dudes","description":"Author: McDowall, Alistair\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350547407\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 18 Sep 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALISTAIR MCDOWALL\u003c\/b\u003e 'uses language with virtuosity. He folds it, unfolds it, dirties it, mishandles it, and in doing so, he celebrates it...It is as a poet that he uses writing to honour its promises- to excite the imagination, to stimulate play, to provoke staging and to elevate the theatre.' \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'McDowall's plays are portals to the extraordinary.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eX-\u003c\/b\u003e 'McDowall masterfully plants ideas that grow until they explode into extraordinary shapes. Filthy humour breaks down into a cracked algorithm of letters and loss   - a play that will gnaw away at you.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Glow-\u003c\/b\u003e 'A mind-bending, ambitious play, which attempts impossible things, demonstrating the power of theatre to bridge the gap between imagination and reality.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExeunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eall of it-\u003c\/b\u003e 'Genius...an epic of inner life...McDowall brilliantly captures how febrile consciousness scribbles around our spoken half-truths.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorthleigh, 1940-\u003c\/b\u003e 'Quietly devastating...(McDowall) is extraordinary at channelling his disturbing, poetic vision of the characters' hidden worlds.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eZero for the Young Dudes!\u003c\/b\u003e A play for youth groups commissioned by the National Theatre and performed around the country in 2017.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655880265886,"sku":"UBD-9781350547407","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350547407.jpg?v=1774836237","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350547407","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}