James Graham Plays

This collection brings together four of Graham's most successful and entertaining plays each representing a relationship with a theatre with which he has worked and introduced by the author. One of the plays <i>Sons of York</i> has never before been published but earned James Graham a nomination for the Empty Space Mark Marvin Award.<br/><br/><i>A History of Falling Things </i>is a gentle love story about a young man and woman forced to confront their fears of the outside world and discover what really matters to their lives. <br/><br/><i>Tory Boyz</i> is a fast-paced political comedy about prejudice and ambition in Westminster looking at homosexuality in the British Conservative party both today and in the past.<br/><br/>As Ben self-employed skint and emotionally vulnerable begins to stitch together the patchwork quilt that was the Tax Year 2009/2010 he relives a year that was both hilarious and tragic all mixed up in one shoe box of receipts. <i>The Man</i> is an affectionate and funny portrait of an individual's year-long experience pieced together from receipts shopping and commercial transactions. <br/><br/><i>The Whisky Taster</i> is a contemporary subtle and witty exploration of feeling and perception in the modern world of advertising and about seeing things too clearly in a city that never stands still. <br/><br/><i>Sons of York</i> <br/>Described as 'undoubtedly one of the best new plays of the year' (<i>British Theatre Guide</i>) <i>Sons of York</i> depicts three generations of the same family moving in together in Hull as the Winter of Discontent of 1978 builds up.