{"product_id":"brief-encounter-9781350083578","title":"Brief Encounter","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo l Coward's Brief Encounter is remembered as one of the most haunting love stories on screen ever. Drawing on the characteristic wit and musicality of Kneehigh, Emma Rice, former Joint Artistic Director of the Company, has adapted Coward's classic 1945 screenplay, and the one-act play \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e on which it was based, into a richly theatrical, imaginative and vibrant piece of theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom an original idea by David Pugh \u0026amp; Dafydd Rogers, Kneehigh's production received its world premiere in 2008. This edition is published to coincide with the production's run live at the Empire Cinema in London's West End for 2018, co-produced by Steve and Jenny Wiener and The Old Vic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an updated foreword by Emma Rice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Surely the most enchanting work of stagecraft ever inspired by a movie.' Ben Brantley, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Moving, funny, gripping and even at its most inventive, true to the original and its all-English heart'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoward, Noël:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Noël Coward was born in 1899 in Teddington, Middlesex. He made his name as a playwright with \u003ci\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/i\u003e (1924), in which he also appeared. His numerous other successful plays included \u003ci\u003eFallen Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003eHay Fever\u003c\/i\u003e (1925), \u003ci\u003ePrivate Lives\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), \u003ci\u003eDesign for Living\u003c\/i\u003e (1933) and \u003ci\u003eBlithe Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e (1941). During the war he wrote screenplays such as \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e (1944) and \u003ci\u003eIn Which We Serve\u003c\/i\u003e (1942). In the fifties he began a new career as a cabaret entertainer. He published volumes of verse and a novel (\u003ci\u003ePomp and Circumstance\u003c\/i\u003e, 1960), two volumes of autobiography and four volumes of short stories: \u003ci\u003eTo Step Aside\u003c\/i\u003e (1939), \u003ci\u003eStar Quality\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), \u003ci\u003ePretty Polly Barlow\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) and \u003ci\u003eBon Voyage\u003c\/i\u003e (1967). He was knighted in 1970 and died three years later in Jamaica.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRice, Emma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Emma Rice is the Joint Artistic Director of Kneehigh Theatre. She has directed for Kneehigh \u003ci\u003eThe Red Shoes, The Wooden Frock, The Bacchae, Tristan \u0026amp; Yseult, Cymbeline, A Matter of Life and Death, Rapunzel, Brief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDon John\u003c\/i\u003e. Rice was nominated for the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Director for \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504334016786,"sku":"9781350083578","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0454666d-4643-452b-8f5c-8c3765765cf4.jpg?v=1730817075","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brief-encounter-9781350083578","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}