{"product_id":"beautiful-thing-9781350448711","title":"Beautiful Thing","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeenage boys Ste and Jamie are neighbours on a South London estate. Jamie is more knowledgeable about \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/i\u003e than football, while classmate Ste never misses a sports day. Both are being bullied, Jamie at school and Ste at home by his violent father and brother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night, when things get too much, Ste seeks refuge in Jamie's flat and, sharing a bed, the boys strike up a new relationship. Together they come to terms with their sexuality and explore their feelings alongside their Mama Cass loving, rebellious friend Leah and with the much-needed emotional support of Jamie's lioness mother, Sandra. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years on from its initial publication, Jonathan Harvey's iconic, coming-out and coming-of-age story set in the nineties still resonates with ideas on community, friendship, rites of passage and what it is to be sixteen and in love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is published to coincide with the revival at London's Stratford East theatre, in September, 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning playwright, whose plays include \u003ci\u003eThe Cherry Blossom Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (Liverpool Playhouse Studio), which won him the 1987 National Girobank Young Writer of the Year Award; \u003ci\u003eWildfire\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal Court Theatre);\u003ci\u003e Beautiful Thing\u003c\/i\u003e (Bush Theatre, London and Donmar Warehouse\/Duke of York's Theatre), winner of the John Whiting Award 1994; \u003ci\u003eBabies\u003c\/i\u003e (Royal National Theatre Studio\/Royal Court Theatre), winner George Devine Award 1993 and Evening Standard's Most Promising Playwright Award 1994; \u003ci\u003eBoom Bang-A-Bang\u003c\/i\u003e (Bush Theatre); \u003ci\u003eRupert Street Lonely Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eClub\u003c\/i\u003e (English Touring Theatre\/Contact Theatre Company, Donmar Warehouse\/Criterion Theatre); \u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e (Pleasance\/Hampstead Theatre); \u003ci\u003eGuiding \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStar\u003c\/i\u003e (Liverpool Everyman\/National Theatre); \u003ci\u003eHushabye Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (English Touring Theatre\/Hampstead) and \u003ci\u003eOut in the Open\u003c\/i\u003e (Hampstead Theatre\/Birmingham Rep). Television and film work includes: \u003ci\u003eWest End Girls\u003c\/i\u003e (Carlton);\u003ci\u003e Love Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC); \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Thing\u003c\/i\u003e (Channel Four\/Island World Productions); \u003ci\u003eGimme Gimme Gimme\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50500592173330,"sku":"9781350448711","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d3f5ed5-6a69-48fc-aa52-7f994b5aa732.jpg?v=1730751032","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beautiful-thing-9781350448711","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}